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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) The future is now! Or then, as the case may be. This month, at the Packard Theater, we are highlighting futuristic films whose time has passed. “Soylent Green” (1973) (Friday, September 16, 2022; 7:30 pm) This is the film that …
Posted in: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Matthew Barton
“We took that old art off of radio and mashed it up with Stan Freberg, Mad Magazine, Bob Newhart, Bob & Ray and Sergeant Pepper.” – Philip Proctor “We skated just ahead of the needle on our first LPs and escaped just in the nick of time, diving through the hole in the center of …
Posted in: Comedy, National Recording Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Anyone interested in experiencing a nostalgia for the future should be sure to come this weekend to the Packard Campus Theater where we continue our month-long look at “futuristic” films that we have now passed by. “High Treason” (1929) Friday, …
Posted in: Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC 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. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Los …
Posted in: Film Loans
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Over 20 years ago, two unassuming VHS tapes were delivered to the Library of Congress’s Packard Campus as part of a copyright deposit. This past month, they became an internet and anime sensation. It took some dogged, dedicated detective work to finally, fully understand the notoriety of these two works. It was a long-simmering puzzle, …
Posted in: Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Everything new is old again at the Packard Campus this month as we showcase this coming weekend three more “film from future past,” films once made and set in the far-off future which, now, are just our yesterdays. “Metropolis” (1927): …
Posted in: National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Last month, we were saddened to learn of the passing of Adam Wade. While his name may not be top-of-mind, his career is certainly one to be celebrated. Wade was a singer, musician, actor, and the first Black American to host a nationally-televised game show. The Library of Congress National Audio-Video Conservation Center hosts a …
Posted in: Civil Rights, Recorded Sound, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) “The Godfather” (1972): Friday August 26, 2022 (7:30pm) “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1932): Saturday, August 27, 2022 (2pm) …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The history of Asian-American representation on prime time television is one that, sadly, falls into three distinct categories. While many Asian-American actors have been able to play Asian-American characters over the course of TV history (Category #1), they have often been, until recently, regulated to supporting roles. Consider: Oscar-winning actress Miyoshi Umeki on “The Courtship …
Posted in: Television