Daniel Eagan has compiled a comprehensive guide to the 500 most significant films ever made in the United States, from big-budget blockbusters to experimental shorts. America’s Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry presents the films that make up the backbone of American cinema—from the well-known, such as "Citizen Kane" and "Casablanca" to the obscure "Blacksmithing Scene," and "Free Radicals." Visit Daniel Eagan's Web site here.
Event: Daniel Eagan will introduce the program The Docks of New York & Selected Shorts in the National Film Registry, with live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner
Monday, March 22, at 7:45 pm
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street
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Comments [4]
Classic Film Historian/Sentimentalists are so dull! If they could have chosen a 1920-something 8 hour silent documentary about watching paint dry they would. Take the same hideously boring film and slap a post 1960 date then they'd wouldn't recommend the film.
I'll pass on this book.
Nice segment—In 2004 A film my father directed, "Duck and Cover" became the first civil defense film inducted into the registry. My father died just before the announcement, but he would have been tickled by the selection. I intend on picking up Mr. Egan's book...
I've been watching the wonderful "Classic Arts Showcase" on CUNY.
They've shown a LOT of early animation, like Windsor Mackay's 1917 film of the sinking of the Lusitania(!)
CAS has shown so many early semi-experimental animations that I never knew existed that I've been wondering:
Did the success of Disney kill off alternate modes of animation?
Great segment folks. Eagan has a great perspective on films.
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