25 Films

[R. Richard]

25 films to be preserved in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. [How could they leave out 'The Monster That Devoured Cleveland'?] Comment?

1. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

2. Deliverance (1972)

3. Disneyland Dream (1956)

4. A Face in the Crowd (1957)

5. Flower Drum Song (1961)

6. Foolish Wives (1922)

7. Free Radicals (1979)

8. Hallelujah (1929)

9. In Cold Blood (1967)

10. The Invisible Man (1933)

11. Johnny Guitar (1954)

12. The Killers (1946)

13. The March (1964)

14. No Lies (1973)

15. On the Bowery (1957)

16. One Week (1920)

17. The Pawnbroker (1965)

18. The Perils of Pauline (1914)

19. Sergeant York (1941)

20. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

21. So's Your Old Man (1926)

22. George Stevens' World War II Footage (1943-46)

23. The Terminator (1984)

24. Water and Power (1989)

25. White Fawn's Devotion (1910)

 

[oggbashan]

How could they leave out:

D W Griffith's: Intolerance
Buster Keaton: The General
Walt Disney's: Steamboat Willie
The original King Kong

and

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Plan 9 from Outer Space?

Og

 

[3113]

I assume these are in addition to others already preserved?

 

[midwestyankee]

What are the criteria for inclusion? On the surface this seems to be a rather eclectic list.

 

[R. Richard]

How could they leave out:

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Plan 9 from Outer Space?

Og

Please, I lived in San Diego. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? OK, admittedly Attack of the Killer Tomatoes look pretty good compared to Plan 9 from Outer Space, but it's like they say in horse racing, 'He beat nothing.'

 

[R. Richard]

What are the criteria for inclusion? On the surface this seems to be a rather eclectic list.

The criteria weren't stated.

I don't know if there are other films also saved.

 

[oggbashan]

In the UK we had, for 11 years, the Museum of the Moving Image.

That institution did a lot to find, record, preserve and publicise early cinematography but was a financial failure.

Og

 

[R. Richard]

In the UK we had, for 11 years, the Museum of the Moving Image.

That institution did a lot to find, record, preserve and publicise early cinematography but was a financial failure.

Og

I can see the problem. However, the library of Congress is pretty well funded.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

2. Deliverance (1972)
19. Sergeant York (1941)
20. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
23. The Terminator (1984)

Those are the ones I have seen, and I am only seme-quazi-sure about seeing that particular Sinbad movie.

 

[oggbashan]

Almost all, probably all, of those original 25 films are available to be purchased retail today.

I have Leni Reifenstahl's Olympische Spiele and Triumph Des Willens on VHS video. I would love to own cleaned up and re-mastered copies on a high definition format but those films are banned in many countries.

Og

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Almost all, probably all, of those original 25 films are available to be purchased retail today.

I have Leni Reifenstahl's Olympische Spiele and Triumph Des Willens on VHS video. I would love to own cleaned up and re-mastered copies on a high definition format but those films are banned in many countries.

Og

We were shown Triumph Des Willens in the university as an example of the power of propaganda. It definitely stunned the freshmen every year.

 

[midwestyankee]

We were shown Triumph Des Willens in the university as an example of the power of propaganda. It definitely stunned the freshmen every year.

Absolutely. Watching Triumph is one of the most moving experiences in film.

 

[trysail]

How could a national film archive be called a national film archive and not include "Pink Flamingos" and "Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb"?

 

[glynndah]

Here's a link to the entire list: http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have seen more of those

 

[R. Richard]

Here's a link to the entire list: http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html

Apparently the list I got was maybe just this year's additions.

 

[rengadeirishman]

good to see Patton and Casablanca on there, I would add Michael Collins and Gangs of New York, though i'm not sure how many people have seen Michael Collins.

 

[AllardChardon]

How did they miss Busby Berkeley's "The Gang's All Here" with Carmen Miranda and Benny Goodman doing "Paduca"? Maybe, next year. We got this DVD for Christmas and have watched it twice already. We also got "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Laura," "Forbidden Planet," "Amadeus," "Willy Wonka" with Gene Wilder and "The Way We Were".

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

What? The Attack of the 50 ft. Woman didn't make it onto the list?

 

[Guest]

Here's a link to the entire list: http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html

Thanks for tossing it up... I was going to say that they add new films every year at the end of that year. It's like getting into the hall of fame

 

[R. Richard]

What? The Attack of the 50 ft. Woman didn't make it onto the list?

A bagatelle. Now, let's talk about the omission of 'Rage Of The Zombies.' If they didn't watch it at 3AM, the normal prime viewing time, they sold out!