preserved film movies page 6

Galaxie (1966)
0 / 10

Documentary

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

Blue Value (1996)
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This is a hand-painted step-printed film which begins with slow dissolves of what appear to be decaying leaves, crumpled browns and golds and oranges...

Chagall (1964)
6.6 / 10

Oscar Winning documentary short film about the artist Marc Chagall. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Cinderella (1986)
8 / 10

Animation

“CINDERELLA is a musical treatment of the fairy tale. I have broken apart the story and set it as a mechanical game with a series of repetitions...

Bath (1969)
0 / 10

Made in an environment and at a time when frequent and gratuitous images of nude women permeated the work of her male counterparts, director Penelope...

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
6.9 / 10

Documentary

During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F....

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968)
7.8 / 10

Documentary, Music

Les Blank's portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the...

Amphetamine (1966)
0 / 10

An ode to queer sex and drugs, boys shooting up and kissing. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1998.

Anticipation of the Night (1958)
5.917 / 10

Documentary

First person view of a man seen only in shadow attempting to connect with the world around him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West (1916)
5.4 / 10

Drama

The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of...

City Streaming (1990)
0 / 10

Documentary

This is a film made in Toronto, in memoriam, so to speak - a memory piece, a "piecing-together" of the experience of living there. The consciousness...

Deep Westurn (1974)
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A ‘film wake’. Though celebratory in mood, it has a mournful subtext… death and dying. We dedicated it to Dr. Sam West, departed friend and...

Background (1973)
6 / 10

Documentary, Animation

Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. ...

Dry Wood (1973)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Featuring the stories and music of seminal Cajun musicians "Bois Sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, Dry Wood is a short, vibrant documentary portrait...

The Deadlier Sex (1920)
5 / 10

Drama, Comedy

The Deadlier Sex features Blanche Sweet playing the daughter of a railroad magnate (Winter Hall) who has to take charge when her father unexpectedly...

Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
6.167 / 10

Comedy

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They...

World Without Sun (1964)
6.3 / 10

Documentary

Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed...

Portrait of Jason (1967)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked,...

Hen, His Wife (1990)
5.8 / 10

Animation

Extraordinarily detailed and beautifully drawn animation of a bizarre and surreal world; the domestic life of a fat man, his wife, a sort of...

Chicago Loop (1976)
0 / 10

In three virtuosic sequences created entirely in-camera, Benning alternates contrary camera movements in a trio of Chicago locations with increasing...