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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 12-28-2004, 07:37 AM:

From the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) listserver:

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Librarian of Congress Dr. James H. Billington released the 2004 additions to the National Film Registry early this morning. The titles are listed below; more information (press release etc.) will be available soon at the National Film Preservation Board web site http://www.loc.gov/film/
Thanks, Steve Leggett

EMBARGOED UNTIL
6 A.M. EST, 12/28/2004

FILMS SELECTED TO

THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY,

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - 2004

1) Ben-Hur (1959)
2) The Blue Bird (1918)
3) A Bronx Morning (1931)
4) Clash of the Wolves (1925)
5) The Court Jester (1956)
6) D.O.A. (1950)
7) Daughters of the Dust (1991)
8) Duck and Cover (1951)
9) Empire (1964)
10) Enter the Dragon (1973)
11) Eraserhead (1978)
12) Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980)
13) Going My Way (1944)
14) Jailhouse Rock (1957)
15) Kannapolis, NC (1941)
16) Lady Helen’s Escapade (1909)
17) The Nutty Professor (1963)
18) OffOn (1968)
19) Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936)
20) Pups is Pups (Our Gang) (1930)
21) Schindler’s List (1993)
22) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
23) Swing Time (1936)
24) There It Is (1928)
25) Unforgiven (1992)

Steve Leggett, Staff Coordinator
National Film Preservation Board
Library of Congress (4690)
Washington, D.C. 20540
p: 202/707-5912
f: 202/707-2371
email: sleg@loc.gov
WWW: http://www.loc.gov/film/

Also visit the Web site of our charitable
affiliate, the National Film Preservation
Foundation at
http://www.filmpreservation.org

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 12-28-2004, 10:13 AM:

This seems to be kind of a dumb system. Why not induct all the historical films all at once? Then annually add new ones, maybe not current films since things need to be judged in the context of time, but maybe each year add the ones from 5 or 10 years ago plus any older films that they changed their mind about. The present system makes little sense except the PR value of a press release.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-28-2004, 09:46 PM:

I once read that its done this way because they can only handle the preservation(done properly) on a certain amount of film per year. It has to do with budgets, man power, and things like that.
Just indicting all historical films at once would require an army of preservationists and a warehouse the size of McCormick Place.

Mark

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 01-03-2005, 10:14 AM:

Exactly. This scheme is really a system whereby the limited money and manpower available for serious remedial preservation and restoration work are focused on a rolling programme of priority titles. If I understand the system correctly, the films are not just chosen for historical importance per se, but other factors are also taken into account, e.g. the existence and condition of surviving elements.

Glad to see Duck and Cover has made it into the Hall of Fame: Bert the Turtle can now keep Gus Visser and his singing duck company!