Giles

so this could fall into many of the sub topics on this website, but hey it seems like the most obvious place is here for all us film lovers:



"What do the films Casablanca, Blazing Saddles and West Side Story have in common? Besides being popular, they have also been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and listed on The National Film Registry. THESE AMAZING SHADOWS, an 88-minute documentary, tells the history and importance of the Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself. The current list of 550 films includes selections from every genre - documentaries, home movies, Hollywood classics, avant-garde, newsreels and silent films. These Amazing Shadows reveals how "American movies tell us so much about ourselves... not just what we did, but what we thought, what we felt, what we aspired to, and the lies we told ourselves."

http://www.theseamazingshadows.com/

this did the festival circuit last year, and the TV airing via PBS' Independent Lens debuted on December 29th, but the film is getting reaired on various PBS stations this month as well as on DVD and bluray.

filmerp

Really wonderful doc, and it's currently on Netflix streaming!

Giles

oh, who knew? thanks - they are certainly covering all the bases in terms of releasing this through every option.

bluetoast

I enjoyed it, and was surprised to learn that the archives are in Culpeper. The only problem was that they had spoilers for a few movies I hadn't seen.