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| 401.1 | | 3270::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Thu Dec 16 1993 14:38 | 5 |
| >Eaux D'Artifice 1953
By Kenneth Anger? Interesting, if so. Good to see they're not
overlooking the underground films.
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| 401.2 | picky picky... | 21928::WILLIAMS | It's a duck blur... | Thu Dec 16 1993 15:15 | 8 |
| Hey Randy,
Did you miss one?? I only count 24... The reason I ask is that one of
the papers reported that "Blade Runner" was on this list as well, which
I found very interesting.
- Skip
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| 401.3 | | 29052::WSA038::SATTERFIELD | Close enough for jazz. | Fri Dec 17 1993 12:45 | 9 |
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Well apparantly I did since there's supposed to be twenty five. But that's
all the paper listed. Newspaper inaccuracy isn't all that uncommon to say
the least. If _Bladerunner_ is the missing one I think it's certainly a
worthy choice.
Randy
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| 401.4 | | GODIVA::bence | Leave time for the unexpected. | Fri Dec 17 1993 14:57 | 4 |
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Bladerunner is part of the collection, but I don't know whether it was
added this year. The commentator mentioned it to highlight the fact
that the archive doesn't just include older films.
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| 401.5 | Lassie | 51219::PIJPSTRA_D | | Mon Dec 20 1993 09:00 | 6 |
| I think 'Lassie come home' is an interesting choice. Why is that movie on the list?
There were boy with dog movies before Lassie I would say. How about Rin-tin-tin
(not quite sure about the dashes)?
Donald.
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| 401.6 | | 29563::WSA038::SATTERFIELD | Close enough for jazz. | Mon Dec 20 1993 14:50 | 11 |
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re .5
Well _Lassie Come Home_ is generally considered to be the best of the boy/dog
films. Obviously there are many, many much better films that haven't been
selected yet. Apparantly the selection committee felt there were reasons other
than just quality to include it.
Randy
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| 401.7 | Thorny questions | KOLFAX::WIEGLEB | Thai Truck-Driving Hero | Mon Dec 20 1993 16:33 | 19 |
| If "Blade Runner" was recently added, which of the three versions was
designated - the original theatrical release, the "original" original
theatrical release, or the revised "original" original thaterical release?
(Not to mention the various versions that are floating around on video
releases.)
Similar issues apply to "Touch of Evil" and probably some others.
This begs the questions: (which will likely erupt into a huge rathole)
What does designation in the National Film Registry really mean? What
do they see as the source material to be preserved?
Also, where can one get more information about the films currently
listed, the process used for selection of the titles, and the process
used for identifying the "best available prints"?
Just curious (and making trouble).
- Dave
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| 401.8 | More details (from the net) | 19748::REEVES | Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group | Fri Jun 17 1994 19:04 | 18 |
| Confirmation: the 25th film added this year was Blade Runner. No word
about which version.
The program is run by the Library of Congress; their gopher site may
have more info -- yes, it does; check out press releases 93-013,
93-163, and 94-016 (gopher.loc.gov). There are now 125 films in the
registry; yes, that was Kenneth Anger's Eaux d'Artifice.
Here's a relevant paragraph from 93-163:
Archival "best quality" prints of films named to the National
Film Registry are preserved at the Library of Congress where
copies are available for research and study. The Library
contains the largest collection of film and television in the
world, from the earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture to
the latest feature releases.
According to the LC information bulletin, nominations can be sent to:
The National Film Registry, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540
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