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“My momma always said, .Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get..” That line was immortalized by Tom Hanks in the award-winning movie “Forest Gump” in 1994. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today selected that film and 24 others to be preserved as cultural, artistic and historical treasures in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
Spanning the period 1912-1994, the films named to the registry include Hollywood classics, documentaries, animation, home movies, avant-garde shorts and experimental motion pictures. Representing the rich creative and cultural diversity of the American cinematic experience, the selections range from Walt Disney.s timeless classic “Bambi” and Billy Wilder.s “The Lost Weekend,” a landmark film about the devastating effects of alcoholism, to a real-life drama between a U.S. president and a governor over the desegregation of the University of Alabama. The selections also...
“My momma always said, .Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get..” That line was immortalized by Tom Hanks in the award-winning movie “Forest Gump” in 1994. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today selected that film and 24 others to be preserved as cultural, artistic and historical treasures in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
Spanning the period 1912-1994, the films named to the registry include Hollywood classics, documentaries, animation, home movies, avant-garde shorts and experimental motion pictures. Representing the rich creative and cultural diversity of the American cinematic experience, the selections range from Walt Disney.s timeless classic “Bambi” and Billy Wilder.s “The Lost Weekend,” a landmark film about the devastating effects of alcoholism, to a real-life drama between a U.S. president and a governor over the desegregation of the University of Alabama. The selections also...
- 12/28/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I’m never one to put significant stock in the film-based choices made by any kind of committee — be it an awards group, critics circle, soup kitchen line, etc. — but the National Film Registry is a little different. Not that they’re any different than those aforementioned organization types, but because the government assemblage preserves works deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” No small potatoes.
Their latest list — created for both public awareness and the opportunity to grumble, as I’ll do in a second — has been unveiled, and the selections are none too out-of-left-field. The biggest of these 25 would have to be Forrest Gump, a choice I fully understand but completely disagree with on an opinion and moral scale. The only other true objection I can raise is toward El Mariachi, film school-level junk from a director whose finest works are the direct result of working with those more talented.
Their latest list — created for both public awareness and the opportunity to grumble, as I’ll do in a second — has been unveiled, and the selections are none too out-of-left-field. The biggest of these 25 would have to be Forrest Gump, a choice I fully understand but completely disagree with on an opinion and moral scale. The only other true objection I can raise is toward El Mariachi, film school-level junk from a director whose finest works are the direct result of working with those more talented.
- 12/28/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Beware: Sharks are in theaters again! Some who've already seen David Ellis' Shark Night 3D have praised its cheesy entertainment value. Whatever the final verdict on the film, there's no denying that it, as well as every movie featuring sharks made since 1975, swims in the very large shadow cast by Jaws. But four years before Steven Spielberg made everyone afraid to go in the water, Blue Water, White Death provided moviegoers with real-life thrills. The documentary, directed by Peter Gimbel and James Lipscomb, follows a movie crew that traveled to South Africa in April 1969, determined to find a great white shark and to film it under water. Gimbel, leader of the expedition, is one of five diver/photographers on the team, which included Stan...
- 9/3/2011
- Screen Anarchy
A wise man once said, "Live every week like it's Shark Week," and we've adhered to that rule religiously for 51 weeks. Now, we're lucky enough to live like it's Shark Week during Shark Week. In fact, we're so crazy for the Discovery Channel feature that we're DVRing most of it in order to watch its programming throughout the year. And to throw a massive shark-themed party. That's a massive party with a shark theme, not a party with a theme of massive sharks. Actually, I guess it could go either way. Since we are celebrating this week in a big way, we've decided to throw together a list of movies that you might want to check out when you're not watching wall-to-wall shark footage on television. Because you know what goes great with sharks? More sharks. Shark! (1969) The Pitch: This is by no means a good movie. It's not even close to being a good movie. But...
- 8/6/2009
- by Dr. Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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