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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 …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Film Loans, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
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
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. October 1, 2018 Hotel Imperial (1927) Film Forum New York, New York …
Posted in: Film Loans, Motion Pictures
Posted by: Mike Mashon
Back when we were planning the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, one mantra we always kept foremost in our minds was “preservation for access.” It’s a simple concept and self-explanatory, but it also pithily illustrates an important guiding principle. Nearly every activity in this facility is in the service of access, be it acquisition, …
Posted in: Film Loans, Motion Pictures