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2013 National Film Registry selections...

“Pulp Fiction,” “Mary Poppins,” “Roger & Me” Among Registry Additions

Heroes of the space race, a pop cult classic; the age-old battle between the sexes; and a record of Native-American traditions are among a cadre of films being recognized as works of great cultural, historic or aesthetic significance to the nation’s cinematic heritage. The Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, announced today the annual selection of 25 motion pictures to join the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. They will be preserved as cinematic treasures for generations to come.

"The National Film Registry stands among the finest summations of more than a century of extraordinary American cinema," said Billington. "This key component of American cultural history, however, is endangered, so we must protect the nation’s matchless film heritage and cinematic creativity."

Spanning the period 1919-2002, the films named to the registry include Hollywood classics, documentaries, silent films, independent and experimental motion pictures. This year’s selections bring the number of films in the registry to 625, a small part of the Library’s vast moving-image collection of 1.2 million items.

-- list of selected films here:

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-216.html
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Convenient timing for Mary Poppins. Just saying...
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Pulp Fiction, baby!
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Niiiice
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Decasia (2002) Errol Morris, the director of such highly acclaimed documentary features as "The Thin Blue Line," "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control" and "Mr. Death," is noted to have sat drop-jawed watching "Decasia" and stammering, "This may be the greatest movie ever made." Created from scraps of decades.....
I'm not too well versed in the all the previous years, but is it unusual for them to select a film that's just ten years old?
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Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
Pulp Fiction, baby!
Deservedly so.
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
Convenient timing for Mary Poppins. Just saying...
Probably wanted to add it earlier but Disney asked them to hold off...not sure how this works, but I'm sure there's some lobbying involved.

Nice to see Roger & Me added...I know there are a lot of Michael Moore haters, but he really had a lot to do with making documentaries a much more mainstream genre.
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Re: 2013 National Film Registry selections...

Originally Posted by Supermallet
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Yes. Good movie. Also nice to see Roger & Me in there.

Never heard of Decasia, but I'll give it a squiz.
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
Probably wanted to add it earlier but Disney asked them to hold off...not sure how this works, but I'm sure there's some lobbying involved.
I don't know. Is it actually a big marketing hook? I would think that the average person has never even heard of the film registry, let alone pays attention to what gets selected each year. It seems like the kind of film geeks that would know about it are already well aware of the new BD and the movie with Tom Hanks.
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I would presume that the Film Registry wants to hold archival quality prints and dup material for each title. Disney just restored Marry Poppins so now the Film Registry chooses it.

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