(Merged) National Film Registry

Another 25 films were entered into the National Film Registry to bring the total number of films selected to 500. Here's the list in alphabetical order. I'm interested in what films people think should be on this list that perhaps aren't. DELIVERANCE (1972) and THE TERMINATOR (1984) were two of the 25 submitted this year.

The "criteria" for selection are:

"culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films"

To be eligible, films must be at least 10 years old, though they need not be feature-length or have had a theatrical release in order to be considered. The legislation's intent is that the broadest possible range of films be eligible for consideration.

Also, since the films must be 10 years or older, what films do you think will deserve to be submitted to the National Film Registry that haven't yet reached that age (films from about 1999 until today)?

1) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
2) ADAM'S RIB (1949)
3) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
4) THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
5) ALIEN (1979)
6) ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
7) ALL MY BABIES (1953)
8) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
9) ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
10) ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
11) ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
12) AMERICA, AMERICA (1963)
13) AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
14) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
15) ANNIE HALL (1977)
16) ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN (1974)
17) THE APARTMENT (1960)
18) APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
19) APPLAUSE (1929)
20) THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
21) ATLANTIC CITY (1980)
22) THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
23) BABY FACE (1933)
24) BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
25) THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
26) BADLANDS (1973)
27) THE BAND WAGON (1953)
28) THE BANK DICK (1940)
29) THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945)
30) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
31) BEN-HUR (1926)
32) BEN-HUR (1959)
33) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
34) BIG BUSINESS (1929)
35) THE BIG PARADE (1925)
36) THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
37) THE BIG TRAIL (1930)
38) THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
39) THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
40) THE BLACK STALLION (1979)
41) BLACKSMITH SCENE (1893)
42) BLADE RUNNER (1982)
43) BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
44) THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
45) THE BLUE BIRD (1918)
46) BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
47) BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
48) BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
49) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
50) BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
51) BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)
52) A BRONX MORNING (1931)
53) THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN (1975)
54) BULLITT (1968)
55) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
56) CABARET (1972)
57) THE CAMERAMAN (1928)
58) CARMEN JONES (1954)
59) CASABLANCA (1942)
60) THEODORE CASE SOUND TEST: GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK (1925)
61) CASTRO STREET (1966)
62) CAT PEOPLE (1942)
63) CHAN IS MISSING (1982)
64) THE CHEAT (1915)
65) THE CHECHAHCOS (1924)
66) CHINATOWN (1974)
67) CHULAS FRONTERAS (1976)
68) CITIZEN KANE (1941)
69) CITY, THE (1939)
70) CITY LIGHTS (1931)
71) CIVILIZATION (1916)
72) CLASH OF THE WOLVES (1925)
73) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
74) COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY AND ESTHER (1939)
75) COMMANDMENT KEEPER CHURCH, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 1940 (1940)
76) THE CONVERSATION (1974)
77) COOL HAND LUKE (1967)
78) COPS (1922)
79) A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909)
80) THE COOL WORLD (1963)
81) THE COURT JESTER (1956)
82) THE CROWD (1928)
83) THE CURSE OF QUON GWON (1916-17)
84) CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 (1968)
85) D.O.A. (1950)
86) DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940)
87) DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
88) DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI (1937)
89) DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991)
90) DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)
91) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
92) DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978)
93) DEAD BIRDS (1964)
94) THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
95) DELIVERANCE (1972)
96) DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
97) DETOUR (1946)
98) DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-5)
99) DISNEYLAND DREAM (1956)
100) DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
101) THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928)
102) DODSWORTH (1936)
103) DOG STAR MAN (1964)
104) DON'T LOOK BACK (1967)
105) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
106) DR. STRANGELOVE (or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB) (1964)
107) DRACULA (1931)
108) DRUMS OF WINTER (1988)
109) DUCK AMUCK (1953)
110) DUCK AND COVER (1951)
111) DUCK SOUP (1933)
112) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
113) EARLY ABSTRACTIONS #1-5,7,10 (1939-56)
114) EASY RIDER (1969)
115) EAUX D'ARTIFICE (1953)
116) EL NORTE (1983)
117) THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)
118) EMPIRE (1964)
119) THE ENDLESS SUMMER (1966)
120) ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
121) ERASERHEAD (1978)
122) EVIDENCE OF THE FILM (1913)
123) THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE (1914)
124) A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957)
125) FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
126) FANTASIA (1940)
127) FARGO (1996)
128) FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
129) FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE (1915)
130) FILM PORTRAIT (1970)
131) FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
132) FLASH GORDON serial (1936)
133) FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1927)
134) FLOWER DRUM SONG (1961)
135) FOOLISH WIVES (1922)
136) FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
137) FORCE OF EVIL (1948)
138) THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER (1931)
139) 42ND STREET (1933)
140) THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)
141) FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND (1928)
142) FRANK FILM (1973)
143) FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
144) FREAKS (1932)
145) FREE RADICALS (1979)
146) THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
147) THE FRESHMAN (1925)
148) FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
149) FROM STUMP TO SHIP (1930)
150) FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS (1912)
151) FUJI (1974)
152) FURY (1936)
153) GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS (1980)
154) THE GENERAL (1927)
155) GERALD MCBOING BOING (1951)
156) GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914)
157) GIANT (1956)
158) GIGI (1958)
159) GLIMPSE OF THE GARDEN (1957)
160) THE GODFATHER (1972)
161) THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974)
162) GOING MY WAY (1944)
163) GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
164) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
165) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
166) GOODFELLAS (1990)
167) THE GRADUATE (1967)
168) GRAND HOTEL (1932)
169) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
170) GRASS (1925)
171) THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
172) THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903)
173) GREED (1924)
174) GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
175) GUN CRAZY (1949)
176) GUNGA DIN (1939)
177) H2O (1929)
178) HALLELUJAH (1929)
179) HALLOWEEN (1978)
180) HANDS UP (1926)
181) HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. (1976)
182) HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972)
183) THE HEIRESS (1949)
184) HELL'S HINGES (1916)
185) HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
186) HIGH SCHOOL (1968)
187) HIGH NOON (1952)
188) HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
189) HITCH-HIKER, THE (1953)
190) HOOP DREAMS (1994)
191) HOOSIERS (1986)
192) HOSPITAL (1970)
193) THE HOSPITAL (1971)
194) THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (1945)
195) THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE (1954)
196) HOUSE OF USHER (1960)
197) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
198) HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
199) THE HUNTERS [KALAHARI DESERT TRIBE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM] (1957)
200) THE HUSTLER (1961)
201) I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)
202) IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)
203) IMMIGRANT, THE (1917)
204) IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
205) IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
206) IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
207) IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS (1914), aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES
208) IN THE STREET (1948/52)
209) INTOLERANCE (1916)
210) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
211) THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
212) IT (1927)
213) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
214) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
215) THE ITALIAN (1915)
216) JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
217) JAM SESSION (1942)
218) JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944)
219) JAWS (1975)
220) JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY (1959)
221) THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
222) JEFFRIES-JOHNSON WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING CONTEST (1910)
223) JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
224) KANNAPOLIS, NC (1941)
225) KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
226) THE KILLERS (1946)
227) KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (1970)
228) KING KONG (1933)
229) THE KISS (1896)
230) KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
231) KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN(1940)
232) KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
233) THE LADY EVE (1941)
234) LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE (1909)
235) LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925)
236) LAMBCHOPS (1929)
237) LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET (1912)
238) LASSIE COME HOME (1943)
239) THE LAST COMMAND (1928)
240) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1920)
241) LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (1972)
242) LAURA (1944)
243) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
244) THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
245) LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY (1957)
246) LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948)
247) THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413--A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (1927)
248) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (1980)
249) LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE (1937)
250) LITTLE CAESAR (1930)
251) THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (1953)
252) LITTLE MISS MARKER (1934)
253) LIVING DESERT, THE (1953)
254) LOST WORLD, THE (1925)
255) LOUISIANA STORY (1948)
256) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (1938)
257) LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
258) M*A*S*H (1970)
259) MAGICAL MAESTRO (1952)
260) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
261) MAKING OF AN AMERICAN (1920)
262) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
263) THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962)
264) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
265) MANHATTA (1921)
266) MANHATTAN (1979)
267) THE MARCH (1964)
268) MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938 (1938)
269) MARIAN ANDERSON: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT (1939)
270) MARTY (1955)
271) MASTER HANDS (1936)
272) MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT (1913)
273) MEAN STREETS (1973)
274) MEDIUM COOL (1969)
275) MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
276) MELODY RANCH (1940)
277) MEMPHIS BELLE (1944)
278) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
279) MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
280) MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE (1926)
281) MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
282) THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)
283) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
284) MISS LULU BETT (1922)
285) MODERN TIMES (1936)
286) MODESTA (1956)
287) MOM AND DAD (1944)
288) MOROCCO (1930)
289) MOTION PAINTING NO. 1 (1947)
290) A MOVIE (1958)
291) MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
292) MULTIPLE SIDOSIS (1970)
293) THE MUSIC BOX (1932)
294) THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
295) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
296) MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
297) THE NAKED CITY (1948)
298) THE NAKED SPUR (1953)
299) NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922)
300) NASHVILLE (1975)
301) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
302) NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
303) NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935)
304) NETWORK (1976)
305) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
306) THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
307) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
308) NINOTCHKA (1939)
309) NO LIES (1973)
310) NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
311) NOSTALGIA (1971)
312) NOTHING BUT A MAN (1964)
313) NOTORIOUS (1946)
314) NOW, VOYAGER (1942)
315) THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963)
316) OFFON (1968)
317) OKLAHOMA! (1955)
318) ON THE BOWERY (1957)
319) ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
320) ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
321) ONE FROGGY EVENING (1956)
322) ONE WEEK (1920)
323) OUR DAY (1938)
324) OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
325) OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (1943)
326) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
327) PASS THE GRAVY (1928)
328) PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
329) PATTON (1970)
330) THE PAWNBROKER (1965)
331) THE PEARL (1948)
332) PEEGE (1972)
333) THE PERILS OF PAULINE (1914)
334) PETER PAN (1924)
335) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
336) THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
337) PINOCCHIO (1940)
338) A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
339) PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
340) THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936)
341) POINT OF ORDER (1964)
342) THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)
343) POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR (1936)
344) PORKY IN WACKYLAND (1938)
345) POWER OF THE PRESS (1928)
346) POWERS OF TEN (1978)
347) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE (1901)
348) PRIMARY (1960)
349) PRINCESS NICOTINE; OR THE SMOKE FAIRY (1909)
350) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
351) THE PRODUCERS (1968)
352) PSYCHO (1960)
353) THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)
354) PULL MY DAISY (1959)
355) PUNCH DRUNKS (1934)
356) PUPS IS PUPS (OUR GANG) (1930)
357) RAGING BULL (1980)
358) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
359) RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)
360) REAR WINDOW (1954)
361) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
362) RED DUST (1932)
363) RED RIVER (1948)
364) REGENERATION (1915)
365) REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA (1971-72)
366) REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL FOOTAGE (1937)
367) RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 (1980)
368) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
369) RIP VAN WINKLE (1896)
370) THE RIVER (1937)
371) ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
372) ROCKY (1976)
373) THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
374) ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
375) ROSE HOBART (1936)
376) SABRINA (1954)
377) SAFETY LAST (1923)
378) SALESMAN (1969)
379) SALOME (1922)
380) SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)
381) SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, APRIL 18, 1906 (1906)
382) SCARFACE (1932)
383) SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
384) THE SEARCHERS (1956)
385) SERENE VELOCITY (1970)
386) SERGEANT YORK (1941)
387) SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
388) SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927)
389) THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)
390) SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)
391) THE SEX LIFE OF THE POLYP (1928)
392) SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
393) SHADOWS (1959)
394) SHAFT (1971)
395) SHANE (1953)
396) SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
397) SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
398) SHERMAN'S MARCH (1986)
399) SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
400) THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
401) SHOW BOAT (1936)
402) SHOW PEOPLE (1928)
403) SIEGE (1940)
404) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
405) SKY HIGH (1922)
406) SNOW WHITE (1933)
407) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
408) SO’S YOUR OLD MAN (1926)
409) SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
410) THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926)
411) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
412) ST. LOUIS BLUES (1929)
413) STAGECOACH (1939)
414) STAR IS BORN, A (1954)
415) STAR THEATRE (1901)
416) STAR WARS (1977)
417) STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)
418) GEORGE STEVENS WW2 FOOTAGE (1943-46)
419) THE STING (1973)
420) STORMY WEATHER (1943)
421) STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)
422) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
423) THE STRONG MAN (1926)
424) SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
425) SUNRISE (1927)
426) SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
427) SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
428) SWING TIME (1936)
429) TABU (1931)
430) TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (1940)
431) TALL T, THE (1957)
432) THE T.A.M.I. SHOW (1964)
433) TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934)
434) TAXI DRIVER (1976)
435) THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953)
436) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
437) THE TERMINATOR (1984)
438) TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY (1914)
439) TEVYE (1939)
440) THERE IT IS (1928)
441) THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
442) THE THIN BLUE LINE (1988)
443) THE THIN MAN (1934)
444) THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
445) THINK OF ME FIRST AS A PERSON (1960-75)
446) THIS IS CINERAMA (1952)
447) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
448) THREE LITTLE PIGS (1933)
449) THROUGH NAVAJO EYES (SERIES) (1966)
450) A TIME FOR BURNING (1966)
451) A TIME OUT OF WAR (1954)
452) TIN TOY (1988)
453) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
454) TO FLY (1976)
455) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
456) TOL'ABLE DAVID (1921)
457) TOM, TOM THE PIPER'S SON (1960)
458) TOOTSIE (1982)
459) TOP HAT (1935)
460) TOPAZ (1943-45) (home movie footage taken at Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center)
461) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
462) TOY STORY (1995)
463) RAFFIC IN SOULS (1913)
464) TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)
465) THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
466) TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
467) TULIPS SHALL GROW (1942)
468) 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
469) TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (1949)
470) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
471) UNFORGIVEN (1992)
472) VERBENA TRAGICA (1939)
473) VERTIGO (1958)
474) WATER AND POWER (1989)
475) THE WEDDING MARCH (1928)
476) WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
477) WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904 (1904)
478) WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957)
479) WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? (1916)
480) WHITE FAWN’S DEVOTION (1910)
481) WHITE HEAT (1949)
482) WHY MAN CREATES (1968)
483) WHY WE FIGHT (series) (1943-45)
484) WILD AND WOOLY (1917)
485) THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
486) WILD RIVER (1960)
487) WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957)
488) THE WIND (1928)
489) WINGS (1927)
490) WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
491) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
492) WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
493) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
494) THE WOMEN (1939)
495) WOODSTOCK (1970)
496) WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
497) YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
498) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
499) YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
500) ZAPRUDER FILM (1963)

re: (Merged) National Film Registry

Here is a link that has the 25 titles added to the film registry.




2008 Entries to National Film Registry Announced - The Library Today (Library of Congress)

re: (Merged) National Film Registry

The National Film Registry has impeccable taste. I appreciate the diversity of the selections each year. I'm also always thrilled when early movies are chosen, since they need the preservation the most.

re: (Merged) National Film Registry

I'm glad that "The Terminator" got some respect. I adore this movie, dare I say, maybe even more than "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". You know, I see so many people praising T2 that it seems like the original movie never happened. Well, it did, and I'm glad that the National Film Registry could see that. After all, if it wasn't for the first "Terminator", Arnold never would've gotten his catchphrase...The infamous "I'll Be Back".

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

A great way to celebrate "The Terminator"'s 25th Anniversary, don't you agree?

re: (Merged) National Film Registry

The whole point of this is to "preserve" these films, right?

But when books or paintings or other works of art are preserved, there is usually a way to view or read them.

Is there any way to view these films? Could one go to the Library of Congress and have these films screened somehow?

I'm all for film preservation... but preservation without presentation seems... incomplete.

Jonesy
www.blog.OnTheBigScreen.net

re: (Merged) National Film Registry

Most of the films in the national film registry are copyrighted, and therefore can't be made available publicly by the National Film Preservation Foundation (which manages the Registry). However, said Foundation does release compilation DVDs of rare films in the Registry that are in the public domain.

National Film Registry Additions For 2008

It would be interesting to see a "thread" commenting on last's weeks 25 additions to the list, now having a total of 300 films in the registry.

Three selections raise questions whether they should have been added or whether there were better alternatives. The questions raised are based on the LOC comments explaining the film's selection. Granted it has a partial asian (not chinese) ancestry cast, is "Flower Drum Song" really a significant film? Which film better represents the early 1930s Universal Horror films: "Invisible Man" or the "Mummy"? Last, does the "Pawnbroker" better represent the holocaust then "Schinder's List"?

Re: National Film Registry Additions For 2008

For those of us too lazy to google it, what are the 25 additions?

Re: National Film Registry Additions For 2008

SCHINDLER'S LIST is already part of the registry, as is (to name an example of 30s Universal horror) THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN is up there, too.

Re: National Film Registry Additions For 2008

There are 500 films in the registry. The 2008 entrants are:

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Deliverance (1972)
Disneyland Dream (1956)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
Foolish Wives (1922)
Free Radicals (1979)
Hallelujah (1929)
In Cold Blood (1967)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
The Killers (1946)
The March (1964)
No Lies (1973)
On the Bowery (1957)
One Week (1920)
The Pawnbroker (1965)
The Perils of Pauline (1914)
Sergeant York (1941)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
So’s Your Old Man (1926)
George Stevens WW2 Footage (1943-46)
The Terminator (1984)
Water and Power (1989)
White Fawn’s Devotion (1910)

Re: National Film Registry Additions For 2008

These lists are politically motivated. Flower Drum Song was supposedly the first Hollywood movie with an (almost) all-Asian cast. That's supposed to make it important.

Many people think that's of profound importance; others couldn't care less. That's what Shakespeare meant by " ... there is nothing either good or
bad, but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2.)

You take 100 different listmakers, you end up with 100 different lists.

But, really, can you imagine the uproar if they made lists like this and never included movies with minority casts or creators? So they do what they have to do. If they left off Flower Drum Song, there'd be some people who'd be convinced they only did it out of anti-Asian prejudice, no other reason.

Similarly, it serves their purpose better to include The Invisible Man over The Mummy, because James Whale was gay and Karl Freund wasn't.

I happen to like both Flower Drum Song and The Invisible Man a lot, but what I don't like are these lists, awards and honors constantly being bestowed on movies. The only list which interests me is the list of my personal favorite movies, which understandably is of absolutely no interest whatsoever to anyone else.

Re: National Film Registry Additions For 2008

I think you slightly misunderstand the purpose of the National Film Registry, Joe.

In any case, of the 500 films selected for preservation so far since 1989, you have films of every type. I think they've done a good job fulfilling exactly what they set out to do as described in the recent press release: "Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are 'culturally, historically or aesthetically' significant, to be preserved for all time. These films are not selected as the 'best' American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring significance to American culture."

Whether or not Flower Drum Song is a great film, it is culturally and historically significant, and therefore meets two of the possible criteria.

As for the Universal's horror films, the registry now includes Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man. With only 500 films in the registry, I'd say that's a pretty good representation.

Re: (Merged) National Film Registry

Since a film must be 10 years old to be included in the film registry, no film from 1999-2008 is eligible yet. I'm really curious what recent (1999-2000) films others think should be included in the next 10 years.