Archival Spaces 344 Nazi Film History: Film “Kunst” Film Kohn Film Korruption Uploaded 5 April 1924 Like most of my fellow film historians, I had never actually read the 1937 Nazi tract disguised as film history, Carl Neumann, Curt Belling, and Hans-Walther Betz’s Film-“Kunst”, Film Kohn, Film-Korruption. Ein Streifzug durch vier Film-Jahrzehnte, although I hadContinue reading “344: Anti-Semitic Film History”
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333 Adrian Brunel
Archival Spaces 333 Adrian Brunel and British Cinema in the 1920s Uploaded 27 October 2023 Back in 1978 when I began researching Hans Richter’s film program for a 50th anniversary reconstruction of Film und Foto (1929), a seminal exhibition reprising the avant-garde photography and film of the 1920s, I first came across the name ofContinue reading “333 Adrian Brunel”
322: Batwoman
Archival Spaces 322 La mujer murcielago (1968) restored Uploaded 26 May 2023 On Friday, 14 April 2023, I attended a midnight screening at the TCM Film Festival of the newly restored La mujer murcielago/Batwoman (1968), directed by Cuban-Mexican director, René Cardona, and produced by Guillermo Calderón (1919-2018). The producer was the son of Rafael CalderónContinue reading “322: Batwoman”
321: Erik Daarstad
Archival Spaces 321 In Memoriam: Erik Daarstad Uploaded 12 May 2023 I first met the cinematographer, Erik Daarstad, when my daughter Gianna Mei Li was a member of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. It was the Summer of 2008 and she was joining the chorus on their tour of mainland China, an event documented inContinue reading “321: Erik Daarstad”
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