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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Next Wednesday, the Library announces its newest titles to the Registry. But, first, we look back at 2014…. In 2014, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress added to its esteemed list the short documentary film, “Felicia,” about the life of a teenage girl, named Felicia Bragg, growing up in the Watts section of Los Angeles. …
Posted in: Film Essay, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
We are only days away from the latest announcement about the newest 25 films being added to the National Film Registry. That big reveal will occur on December 12, 2018. In the meantime, take a new look at “Forbidden Planet,” the classic MGM science fiction film that was named to the Registry in 2013. Based loosely …
Posted in: Film Loans, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In the about-to-be 30 years that the National Film Registry has existed, many very well-known films have been added to its list. Along the way, many films that are far less well known–but deserve far greater attention–have also been added. A case in point is 1973’s “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” which was added …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
We are only days away from the announcement of the newest films to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. As we gear up, let’s look back. Who could ever forget the Disney’s magical story of a wide-eyed deer and its life in the woods? The beloved film “Bambi” was added to the Registry in …
Posted in: Film Essay, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Diversity is an important part of the National Film Registry. It is not just a list of great blockbusters. Along with a diversity of races and genders and viewpoints represented on the list, so are films that, though never shown on a big screen, are nevertheless important in the history of film, and the history of …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles preserved by our film laboratory that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. December 1, 2018 “The Finishing Touch” (1928) San Francisco Silent Film Festival San …
Posted in: Film Loans, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 6 (7:30 p.m.) Mr. Sardonicus (Columbia, 1961) Prolific and innovative filmmaker William Castle, best known for his promotional gimmicks in a string of popular low-budget thrillers such as House on Haunted Hill and The Tingler (both 1959) and Homicidal (1961), …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater, World War II
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In 2009, the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry added the charming and innovative animated work “Little Nemo” to its list. Animated works–both long-form and short-form-are often added to the Registry. And no list that attempts to convey the depth and richness of animation can ignore the work of the great Winsor McCay. As Daniel Eagan wrote …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Joan Crawford, once the queen of the MGM lot, had one of her very best late-career roles in the film “Johnny Guitar” which was added to the National Registry in 2008. “Johnny” is a unique and one-of-a-kind Western which Michael Schlesinger attempts to get a handle on by saying: “There are very few films—especially from Hollywood studios—that …
Posted in: Film Essay, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry