Archival Spaces 260 Restoration of Paul Leni’s Waxworks (1924) Uploaded 8 January 2021 A courageous little distributor of classic and silent films, Flicker Alley has just released a blu-ray-DVD dual-format edition of Paul Leni’s canonical Das Wachsfigurenkabinett / Waxworks (1924), directed by Paul Leni. This new digital restoration, carried out by the Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin and the Cineteca diContinue reading “260: Paul Leni’s Waxworks”
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259: Dutch Films in the 1930s
Archival Spaces 259 Cinefest: 33rd Film Historical Congress Uploaded 30 December 2020 The 17th International Festival of German Film Patrimony, sponsored by the Hamburg Cinegraph, was accompanied by a film historical conference from 20 – 22 November under the heading, “Cinema, War and Tulips. German-Dutch Film Relations.” As in the case of the film festival (see ArchivalContinue reading “259: Dutch Films in the 1930s”
258: Edward Stratmann (1953-2020)
Archival Spaces 258 Edward Stratmann (1953-2020) Uploaded 17 December 20 Edward Stratmann, my colleague and friend, has died. His distinguished career in film archiving began almost at the same moment in the same place as mine, making us life-long fellow travelers on a remarkable professional journey into what was then still a field in itsContinue reading “258: Edward Stratmann (1953-2020)”
257: Cinefest Hamburg
Archival Spaces 257 Cinefest: Cinema, War and Tulips Downloaded 4 December 2020 The 17th International Festival of German Film Patrimony, sponsored by the Hamburg Cinegraph, screened online from 14 to 22 November: “Cinema, War and Tulips. German-Dutch Film Relations;” it was accompanied by a film historical conference (20-22 November). I’ll discuss the conference in my nextContinue reading “257: Cinefest Hamburg”
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