The second volume in a series of videos collecting great short films, this program includes La Jetee, Chris Markers poetic science fiction story that inspired Terry Gilliams 12 Monkeys; A Girls Own Story, a poignant look at adolescence from director Jane Campion thats paired with a documentary on the making of Campions The Portrait Of A Lady; and The Big Brass Ring, based on a story by Orson Welles, in which Malcolm McDowell plays a politician doing verbal battle with a reporter (the video also includes an interview with the films director, George Hickenlooper). Six other shorts also appear. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide