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2008 Film Preservation picks on Internet Archive

stbalbach — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:46:33 -0800

Each December, the United States National Film Preservation Board chooses up to 25 films they deem worthy of taking special action to preserve in the Library of Congress. It’s a new year, and that means 25 more films are welcomed in the vault of the National Film Registry. Three of the 2008 picks can be viewed on Internet Archive as well as nearly 40 picks from years past.

The Post-War Rise Of Film Noir

amyms — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:34:44 -0800

What's the relationship between the rise of film noir and the national mood of post-war (WWII, that is) America? "Was noir simply a way of reanimating the tired conventions of the pre-war crime film? Or did we need melodramatic illusions potent enough to overcome whatever disillusions strayed briefly into our minds as we surrendered to the mighty engines of prosperity? Or was it one of those cycles - like biopics, westerns, sci-fi, etc. - that Hollywood mysteriously embraces and then just as mysteriously abandons?" Via.

Histoire(s) DVD

RogerB — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:39:49 -0800

Jean-Luc Godard's His toire (s) du cinéma was recently released on DVD.

Feminine Mystique

wobh — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:31:28 -0800

Josie Hayes' Great Moments in Film History. "Being a series of pictorial essays on some of the defining moments in cinema...at least the way I see it." [Not unsafe for work, but perhaps unwise]