National Film Registry Additions - Page 2

Kevy Baby · 12-30-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Oddly enough, I bet that will only happen when Brooks and Cleese kick the bucket.

Not necessarily: 2001: A Space Odyssey was inducted in 1991 but Kubrick didn't kick until 1999. Alien was inducted in 2002 but Ridley Scott is still around.

I am holding out hope.

(BTW: While I do feel that comedies are too often overlooked at awards time, I am mostly jut kidding on my original comment about not taking the National Registry seriously.)

Alex · 12-30-2009, 12:31 PM

Does the National Film Registry do foreign films (which Monty Python would be)? Doing a very quick scan of the list I'm not seeing much representation.

Looking at the 50 tiles added in 2007 and 2008 all are American films.

Maybe the law creating this board figures the Brits can preserve their own damn films.

Alex · 12-30-2009, 12:32 PM

And I don't take the National Registry seriously as a guide to great movies (though a lot of them are). They're primary purpose is funding and promotion of film preservation and there are many factors beyond simple entertainment in deciding what needs that spotlight.

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-30-2009, 01:03 PM

I heard that Thriller is the first music video to make the list - I guess because it's in 35 mm.

Lots of awesome films on the list. I'm intrigued by Quasi at the Quackadero. Netflix doesn't have it!

flippyshark · 12-30-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Lots of awesome films on the list. I'm intrigued by Quasi at the Quackadero. Netflix doesn't have it!

You can buy a DVD of Sally Cruikshank's films at her website. Meanwhile, here's Quasi on YouTube.

I spent a week attending a young animator's workshop given by Sally Cruikshank way back in 1981, when I was 16. She guided a group of about 15 people, myself included, in producing our own 30 second shorts. She was delightful, and I love the weird, kinda retro style of her work.

Maybe someday I will be able to post my short from that long ago workshop. It's on Super 8 film.

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-30-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

If Thriller made the list, then there's an argument for "I Want My MTV" to make the list too. Blocky though it is, it was edgy computer animation at the time of its release.

You mean "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits

"I want my MTV" was already a catchphrase coined by MTV and used in their advertising to get people to call their cable providers and demand that the fledgling channel be added to lineups.

Agreed with Alex. There are thousands of other music videos which need to be preserved as milestones, but I don't think this will be the agency to do that.

Morrigoon · 12-30-2009, 02:04 PM

If Thriller made the list, then there's an argument for "I Want My MTV" to make the list too. Blocky though it is, it was edgy computer animation at the time of its release.

Ghoulish Delight · 12-30-2009, 02:12 PM

But it's not film.

Moonliner · 12-30-2009, 02:25 PM

Going forward I'm assuming they will have to broaden the term 'film' to include all digital formats as more feature 'films' bypass film and are shot directly in a digital format.

Alex · 12-30-2009, 03:27 PM

Depends on how much they're adding movies to the list because they're simply good films and how much it is related to film preservation. Digital certainly needs maintenance but it'll be interesting to see what "preservation" really means in a few decades since it'll be more about making sure digital copies are kept in readable formats and not so much a worry about degradation of original "stock."

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Does the National Film Registry do foreign films (which Monty Python would be)? Doing a very quick scan of the list I'm not seeing much representation. Looking at the 50 tiles added in 2007 and 2008 all are American films. Maybe the law creating this board figures the Brits can preserve their own damn films.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And I don't take the National Registry seriously as a guide to great movies (though a lot of them are). They're primary purpose is funding and promotion of film preservation and there are many factors beyond simple entertainment in deciding what needs that spotlight.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I heard that Thriller is the first music video to make the list - I guess because it's in 35 mm. Lots of awesome films on the list. I'm intrigued by Quasi at the Quackadero. Netflix doesn't have it! __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	If Thriller made the list, then there's an argument for "I Want My MTV" to make the list too. Blocky though it is, it was edgy computer animation at the time of its release. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Going forward I'm assuming they will have to broaden the term 'film' to include all digital formats as more feature 'films' bypass film and are shot directly in a digital format. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Depends on how much they're adding movies to the list because they're simply good films and how much it is related to film preservation. Digital certainly needs maintenance but it'll be interesting to see what "preservation" really means in a few decades since it'll be more about making sure digital copies are kept in readable formats and not so much a worry about degradation of original "stock."
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