National Film Registry announces 25 films selected for preservation, including "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", "Dirty Dancing", "Spy Kids" and "Beverly Hills Cop".

https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2024/12/national-film-registry-2024.html

i don’t want to be accused of overselling a movie but E-Mail: Advanced Techniques for Web Wise Seniors might just be the most important thrift store find of 2024

and yes i do plan on sharing this canadian classic with you all

twelve years ago, a painter by the name of anders ramsell painted 12,597 aquarelle paintings of blade runner, shot by shot, of the entire film edited down to ~35 minutes. it took two years of painstaking work, all done in his spare time after work each night.

the video circled around the web for a few years, and quietly disappeared from every single site it was hosted at.

a few months ago i spent a few hours digging for it, and finally found a copy of the original file.

i'm not sure how long it will last over at IA, so enjoy it while you can. it is a true achievement.

#filmPreservation #art #painting

https://archive.org/details/blade-runner-aquarelle-edition

'What If the Only Way to Protect Films and TV Series from Streaming Platforms...Is to Break the Law?'
 
Hollywood has a long history of scrapping films and TV to save money, but the recent purging of "content" from streamers poses a new kind of threat to our cultural heritage.
 
Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/what-if-the-only-way-to-protect-films?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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