The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World
Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards of human knowledge.
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Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards of human knowledge.
The puppy wakes up at night due to strange unpleasant noises. The sounds don't stop, but eventually the puppy manages to fall asleep. In the morning he goes to see what it was and on the way to the pond he meets a hen si
Two languages and a field of flowers. Here, survival is the most important thing.
Frank was a monster who wanted to dance. So he put on his hat, and his shoes made in France... and opened a jar and put ants in his pants! So begins this monstrously funny, deliciously disgusting, horrifyingly hilarious
The film consists of four young men at the end of their 20s. Joo-dae, who is preparing to study abroad in Germany, hopes to see his three other friends before his departure. However, Seong-woo seems unreachable. One spri
Jamaican reggae artist Barrington Levy -- who teamed with Puff Daddy and Shyne in the new millennium to produce the hits "Bad Boyz" and "Bonnie and Shyne" -- reconnects with a live audience in this memorable San Francisc
"Brain drain" is a positive and negative process at the same time. On the one hand, the West recognizes the priority of Russian scientists, on the other hand, our science suffers losses. Does this phenomenon pose a serio
Fragments of love in an eternal journey of memories or looking for eternity that belongs to us.
Peter Westerveld, artist and visionary, doesn’t want institutions to resolve the problems linked to earth’s problems. Growing up in Africa, he witnessed the advance of the desert and dedicated himself to finding solution
Testimonial documentary from 1989 that portrays the harsh reality of hundreds of migrant girls and young women who must travel to the city in search of work as domestic workers
Large Christian crosses stand at the summits of Swiss mountains, billboards displaying Bible verses occupy public spaces in cities. The filmmakers have never been comfortable with the presence of these religious symbols.
Evil mastermind Otto van Walrus will stop at nothing to fuel his powerful mobile fortress. Even if that means chopping all the trees in Taigasville. The sleepy citizens of the arctic town know nothing of his nefarious ac
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new monarch, but they ar
In a whimsical world of imaginary friends, an ordinary-looking outcast must impersonate his fellow peers in hopes to become a child's imaginary friend - only to realize he was never meant for a child at all.
A former Triad member moves into an apartment next to a nice timid girl and her blind grandfather who also is a street performer.
A crow decides, for once, to treat itself the king's meal.
CMT's "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas" at The Wildhorse saloon in Nashville on December 3. The program will be shown on CMT throughout December. Appearing with Earl are Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Glen Duncan, Rob Ic
Maggie welcomes four of her oldest friends back home after the unexpected death of one of their own. She convinces them to fulfill a childhood pact - destroy all evidence of their friend’s most embarrassing secrets. Thei
After being suddenly struck with amnesia, an old man is brought to a dilapidated house and ordered to harvest corn by a man who claims to be his son.
HE WAY HE ALWAYS WANTED IT II, 2008, is a 35mm film, shot at Ford House, a Bruce Goff-designed home in Aurora, Illinois, with a musical score derived from fragments of music written by Goff before he abandoned music comp