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Hal Sirowitz and Valery Oisteanu / Thin Air Video presents ; poetry video documentation by Mitch Corber.
LIBRA DVD 025 174
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Recent readings/New York ; v. 40.
- Recent readings/New York
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sirowitz, Hal--Poetry.
- Sirowitz, Hal.
- Oisteanu, Valery--Poetry.
- Oisteanu, Valery.
- Poets, American--20th century.
- Poets, American.
- Poetry, Modern--20th century.
- Poetry, Modern.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Poetry.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container insert: Matched pairs: Hal Sirowitz, Valery Oisteanu
- Title on container and disc: Sirowitz, Oisteanu
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Thin Air Video, [2006]
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Sirowitz and Oisteanu read their poetry.
- Contents:
- Hal Sirowitz: 1. A dog's heart; Peeping; My thoughtful son; Shopping for cemetery plots (6:05)
- 2. Chow mein; The cow over the moon; Kindness (4:00)
- 3. The double; Dirty diapers (2:47)
- 4. Horns on your head (1:20)
- 5. Girlfriend over for dinner; Body parts (9:38).
- Valery Oisteanu: Thinking not allowed; New York City meat grinder
- 6. A pirate's ball on earth (2:23)
- 7. Sexual shrieks, freaks and peaks (3:48)
- 8. Imperfect saint on bread and water (3:30)
- 9. A plane is a cross across the sky; The American book of life and death; The Babylonian hurricane symphony (8:03)
- 10. Here I am; My wife's portrait (4:02).
- Participant:
- Poets and performers, Hal Sirowitz, Valery Oisteanu.
- Notes:
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment.
- "This series has been launched to make accessible significant poetry readings which have taken place in New York City 1988 to present"--Container.
- Sirowitz recorded in 1993-1997; Oisteanu recorded in 1989-1992.
- OCLC:
- 122273179
- Publisher Number:
- 420 Thin Air Video
- DVD-420 Thin Air Video
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