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David HudsonPreservation: Grants and a Blogathon. Plus, Bill Morrison, Kurt Kren, Susan Sontag and more.
Preservation: Grants and a Blogathon. Plus, Bill Morrison, Kurt Kren, Susan Sontag and more.
Also: Protecting Germany’s nitrate archives from the Explosives Act. The films that changed directors’ lives. And more.
In the news: Ridley Scott, Cristian Mungiu, Denis Villeneuve, Richard Ayoade, Laurent Cantet and more.
"According to estimates, at least 50 percent of all films made for public exhibition before 1951 have been lost," writes Marilyn Ferdinand. "Move into the silent era, and the estimate shoots up to