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Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
This month marks the 55th anniversary of one of NASA’s most remarkable missions and thirty years since the release of the film that brought the harrowing story to the big screen. Today, Ron Howard reveals his personal feelings about the making of "Apollo 13."
Posted in: Film Essay, Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
It was 100 years ago in 1925 that dinosaurs roamed on the big screen in "The Lost World." Eight years later, “King Kong” (1933) would offer more sophisticated animation sequences, and 60 years after that, Steven Spielberg brought dinosaur-excitement to a new level with Michael Crighton’s “Jurassic Park” (1993). But “The Lost World” started it all...
Posted in: Film Essay, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
David Lynch's film “Eraserhead” (1977) was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2004. Film scholar and National Film Preservation Board member David Sterritt shares his essay looking back on the film and its impact.
Posted in: Film Essay, National Film Registry