TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/12/library-services/silent-films-preservation-study-underlines-difficulties-of-film-archiving/

Overestimated.  1575.

A recent study commissioned by the Library of Congress found that, of the more than 11,000 silent films produced by American movie studios between 1912 and 1929, just 14 percent (1,575) survive today in their original domestic release. Another 11 percent are still technically complete, according to the study conducted by film archivist David Pierce, but only in imperfect formats. Some are repatriated foreign release versions that lack the original English title cards and may have been edited to appeal to foreign audiences, which Pierce compares to imperfect retranslations of novels, where the story remains the same, but nuances may be lost. Others may be preserved on smaller format, 16 or 28 mm film stock, which can negatively impact image quality.

[CountDeMoney]

The burning of the library at Alexandria it isn't ( both times), but it's still sad.

[Eddie Teach]

A brief glance at De Palma's Imdb page suggests he should stick to mob movies.

What, like Wise Guys?

Scarface, Carlito's Way, and the Untouchables.

[celedhring]

The burning of the library at Alexandria it isn't ( both times), but it's still sad.

Understandable, though. There weren't any kind of ancillary markets back then so film studios didn't have any reason to keep extensive archives. They kept copies in circulation for rerun theaters, but the advent of talkies rendered most silent films as little more than landfill material. Film preservation and archivism didn't take off until the 50s-60s, when the frenchies convinced the rest of the world that it was art.

[Capetan Mihali]

The burning of the library at Alexandria it isn't ( both times), but it's still sad.

Understandable, though. There weren't any kind of ancillary markets back then so film studios didn't have any reason to keep extensive archives. They kept copies in circulation for rerun theaters, but the advent of talkies rendered most silent films as little more than landfill material. Film preservation and archivism didn't take off until the 50s-60s, when the frenchies convinced the rest of the world that it was art.

Those bobos from Cahiers. 

[CountDeMoney]

It's spelled cashiers[/].

[Capetan Mihali]

It's spelled cashiers[/].

Was that the French Clerks?

[Beenherebefore]

Actually, it was a deeply existential movie about working in a bank, drinking coffee and having the odd affair.

[Duque de Bragança]

The burning of the library at Alexandria it isn't ( both times), but it's still sad.

Understandable, though. There weren't any kind of ancillary markets back then so film studios didn't have any reason to keep extensive archives. They kept copies in circulation for rerun theaters, but the advent of talkies rendered most silent films as little more than landfill material. Film preservation and archivism didn't take off until the 50s-60s, when the frenchies convinced the rest of the world that it was art.

Those bobos from Cahiers. 

Rohmer, one of the Cahiers gang, is considered a conservative by the bobo and proto-bobo press such as Telerama or the Nouvel Obs, the ones who said that Louis de Funès practiced "petainist" humour.

[Malthus]

The burning of the library at Alexandria it isn't ( both times), but it's still sad.

Understandable, though. There weren't any kind of ancillary markets back then so film studios didn't have any reason to keep extensive archives. They kept copies in circulation for rerun theaters, but the advent of talkies rendered most silent films as little more than landfill material. Film preservation and archivism didn't take off until the 50s-60s, when the frenchies convinced the rest of the world that it was art.

Heh, also the fact that until the development of "safety film" films were dangerously flammable - and got more so as they deteriorated with age! Keeping them around was actively bad for your health. 

[Beenherebefore]

I do believe Hamburg was set on fire by the RAF dropping Ide's favourite silent movies over the city.

[Eddie Teach]

I do believe Hamburg was set on fire by the RAF dropping Ide's favourite silent movies over the city.

Were they: bombs?

[The Brain]

[Eddie Teach]

 

[Ideologue]

I do believe Hamburg was set on fire by the RAF dropping Ide's favourite silent movies over the city.

Buster Keaton kicked some Nazi ass.