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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Innovative in terms of animation and historic in its gathering of cartoon icons, old and new, “Who Frame Roger Rabbit” was a new classic when it debuted in theaters in 1988. The LC’s own Alexis Ainsworth said of the film: “Roger Ebert described ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ as a film in the same cinematic league as ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ ‘Close …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 13 (7:30 p.m.) Pre-Code Double Feature The Star Witness (Warner Bros.,1931) William A. Wellman directed this gritty tale of a family who witnesses a gangland battle and is terrorized to prevent them from testifying in court. Walter Huston has star …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The countdown to the newest titles to be added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry continues. Those films will be disclosed on December 12th. Back in 2015, the Library named the film “Being There,” starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine to its Registry. “Being There” is beloved for many things, including Sellers’s quiet …
Posted in: Film Essay, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
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. …
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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 …
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