Prices: Mummy Movies

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  Art on Film/Film on Art, Balance: Film/Art (Institutional Use)

  The Fayum Portraits: Funerary Painting of Roman Egypt The film presents more thatn fifty mummy portraits painted in the Fayum region of Egypt between about A.D. 100 and 300. It is visually simple, presenting only the works of art themselves against dark backgrounds. At the same time, it is aurally complex, with multiple soundtracks that place these unfamiliar portraits in their historical setting. The soundtracks include ancient texts, interpretation by Richard Brilliant, a "tour guide" and original music. 1867 The French painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) painted four canvases depicting the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico in 1867. In this short dramatic film, director Ken McMullen evokes the artist's studio and the events of Maximilian's death, using a single, uninterrupted shot to present the atristic thought process though the eyes of the painter. A narration was written by the film's director in the form of an imagined inner monologue. It is presented in voice-over style in French and German (with Engish subtitles) and alludes to the narrative, historical and visual texts that Manet drew upon to form his four versions of the painting. Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji The viewer is invited to experience the early sixteenth century stone garden of the Zen Buddhist monastery of Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, Japan. The garden is an embodiment of ma, a Japanse concept that conveys both time and space. Slow-moving images of the garden are intercut with poetic reflections by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, accompanied by music composed for the film by Takehisa Kosugi.

  $200.00

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  The Mummy

  Set in 1881 it is the story of grave robbers in Egypt stealing artifacts from the tombs of mummies. This film may contain variations in audio and video quality due to limitations of the original source materialThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

  $12.95

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  Mummies & The Wonders of Ancient Egypt [VHS]

  Journey back to the rich and fantastic world of Ancient Egypt a world where animals could magically jump out of a hieroglyph and change the meaning of your writing. Where giant pyramids were a gateway to the afterlife. Where a king's ransom could buy an elaborate 70-day process that would guarantee the eternal preservation of your corpse. Join the world's greatest Egyptologists and the latest computer technology for this extraordinary program which brings the fabled world back to life. Unlock the secrets of the pyramids and the sphinx, decipher long-secret hieroglyphs and explore the glittering sepulcher of the legendary Tutankhamun. And get an inside look at the recently discovered KV-5, believed to be the family tomb of Ramses the Great. Frank Lagnella narrates this extraordinary investigation into MUMMIES AND THE WONDERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

  $9.91