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Category Archives: Silent Film
Revivals and Retrospectives at the New York Film Festival
Write-ups about the New York Film Festival—the 57th installment opens tonight, September 27, and runs through October 13—tend to focus, rightly so, on new releases. But each year festival curators select retrospectives and revivals to showcase during the festival. These … Continue reading
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Bill Morrison on ‘Decasia’
For the past twenty years, Bill Morrison has been mining film archives, resurrecting decaying nitrate that would otherwise have been discarded and then editing it into new narratives. Released in 2002, Decasia helped Morrison reach a wide audience. Tied to … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, Silent Film, Special effects
Tagged Archive, Film Library, Museum, Nitrate, Preservation, Restoration, Silent Film, Special effects
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Early Cartoon Masterpieces Screen in New York City
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues its five-part series on animation with The History of Silent and Early Sound New York Animation on Tuesday, May 19, at The Academy Theater on East 59th Street in Manhattan. Historian … Continue reading
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Celebrating Animation from Its Beginnings
For the next five weeks the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be spotlighting animation in a series that stretches from the form’s early beginnings to one of this summer’s most eagerly awaited releases. An Animation Showcase: From … Continue reading
Accidentally Preserved: Ben Model Helps Save Rare Films
Pianist Ben Model has been accompanying silent films for almost thirty years, including a few of my National Film Registry screenings. Along with film historian Bruce Lawton, he launched the Silent Clowns Film Series in 1997, which this spring will … Continue reading