Guides to the National Film Registry
America’s Film Legacy
America’s Film Legacy 2009-2010
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Guides to the National Film Registry
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Available from Continuum, Amazon, and other outlets, these two volumes offer commentaries and full credits for each of the first 550 films selected to the National Film Registry.
Tag Archives: Special effects
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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CGI: Find another scapegoat
Some writers love compiling lists about “Why movies are so terrible today”—as opposed to back when they were great, before digital or widescreen or color or sound or whatever other technological development. CGI, or computer-generated imagery, is the villain … Continue reading