"Actor: Ed Ruscha"

• Art House 2 - The Cool School | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £14.83   |  Saving you £5.16 (25.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Cool School is an object lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive often brilliant artists including Ed Kienholz Ed Ruscha Craig Kauffman Wallace Berman Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show) Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos passions money and art. This is how L.A. came of age.

• The Contemporary Arts | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Discover the world of fine art with the people who made it happen. Arata Isokai: The architect of the Museum of Contemporary Art reveals the motivation of the design of his symbolically imaginative buildings. Eui Kyu Kim: The renowned Korean Artist who creates spiritual canvases that emphasise the curves and contours of the body. Ed Ruscha: Considered to be one of the first modern artists who embraced the impersonality of billboard advertising to philosophise about the arbitrariness of the painted and printed expression. Bob Branaman: A Distinguished film-maker print-maker and painter whose work encompasses a broad and eclectic range of subject matter from the treatment of the aboriginal people in America to his love of the female form. Don Williams: Using the medium of pastel in realistic fashion by documenting his surroundings with a camera and incorporating the photographs into hauntingly realistic pastels. The Fauves: An overview of the sensation that this group created in art during the early 1900's and the lasting influence they have even today. Sam Francis: A montage of Francis' watercolours at the hight of his popularity reviewed by Andre Emmerlich. Man Ray: Ranging from the sublime to the bizarre Man Ray was a visionary in contemporary art. His fine and graphic art was innovative and his photography continually went beyond all accepted boundaries. He is still an art icon 30 years after his death. Aurobora Press: Housed in one of downtown San Francisco's oldest buildings this turn of the century firehouse has been revived as a living studio where artists can work through their inspiration in a nurturing comfortable setting. Richard Pousette-Dart: One of the original Abstract Expressionists who now enjoys the notoriety that his New York contemporaries have long experienced. Often termed 'painterly' abstraction learn how Pousette's work expresses an evocative field of colour hinting at myth ritual and psychological themes. Wrapped In Glory: The tale of how American history has been recorded stitch by stitch in rare and beautiful quilts that demonstrate how utility meets art. The Eight: A survey of paintings by the group of 'Eight' who broke away from the established traditions of American art and imposed an influence that remains present even today. Andre Emmerlich: Perhaps the world's most famous art dealer candidly reveals the relationship between the artist and the dealer and the myth of the discovered artist.

• Choose Me | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Eve's Lounge a sleazy bar owned by a former streetwalker is the place where various characters hang out meet up and fall in love. Amongst them is a radio agony Aunt (who is actually inexperienced in love and sex!). There is a beautiful young woman whose husband is Eve's lover and central to all the stories is the charismatic Mickey who is certainly a psychopathic liar and maybe many other things too!

• Kill The Moonlight | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This underground classic is available for the first time on DVD with bonus soundtrack CD. A twisted mid-90s comedy disguised as a 1970s drive-in film Kill The Moonlight is the story of Chance - fish hatchery worker toxic waste cleaner and aspiring racecar driver whose goal in life is to fix up his Camaro and follow his dreams of championship glory. Director Steven Hanft captures the West Coast slacker vibe with laconic pacing bizarre humour and a stock-car-racing

• An Exploration Of The Contemporary Arts 1 | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-7.38 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Discover the world of fine art with the people who made it happen. Arata Isokai: The architect of the Museum of Contemporary Art reveals the motivation of the design of his symbolically imaginative buildings. Eui Kyu Kim: The renowned Korean Artist who creates spiritual canvases that emphasise the curves and contours of the body. Ed Ruscha: Considered to be one of the first modern artists who embraced the impersonality of billboard advertising to philosophise