It could not be worse? - or could it - than LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, a film that managed to somehow trivialize the holocaust while still winning three Oscars. Not, as you can tell, one of my favorite OscarMoments.
Kirby On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Neil Jaworski wrote: > The most recent, mainstream "lost" film might be Jerry Lewis' tragi-comedy > "The Day The Clown Cried" (1972) where Jerry plays a clown in a concentration > camp who's job it is to lead kids into the gas chambers. > > Only a handful of people have ever seen the film including Harry Shearer who > said "The closest I can come to describing the effect is if you flew down to > Tijuana and suddenly saw a painting on black velvet of Auschwitz. You'd just > think, 'My God, wait a minute! It's not funny, and it's not good, and > somebody's trying too hard in the wrong direction to convey this strongly > held feeling." > > It's rumoured that the sole copy is in Jerry's vault, but I suppose its > unlikely it will ever see the light of day. As well as issues of taste there > are apparently a myriad of legal complications surrounding it. Possibly for > the best! > > Neil > > > From: Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 15:48 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] What is the most recent "lost" film? > > I just checked the IMDb for the the films of Earl Owensby, and while I'm > pretty sure that most of his films eventually saw a video release, THE BRASS > RING from 1975 has no votes at all, so chances are, that this one is indeed > lost. > > For those who are not familiar with the name, Earl Owensby's E.O. Productions > made a number of action flics in the 70s and 80s, mostly catering to the > drive-ins in the South. Unfortunately, Earl's North Carolina studios have > been severely hit by a tornado a few years back, and he lost most of his > films prints on that day. > > On some of his films, these may have well been the last surviving 16 mm > copies... > > Personally, I really enjoyed SEABO (aka BUCKSTONE COUNTY PRISON), which to > this day is only available as a poor DVD-R transfered from a video tape. > A 'regular' DVD had been announced on the web, but it never came out, due to > the lack of a film print. > So, technically, SEABO is not a lost film, but the best you can get is vhs > quality... > > Helmut > > > > Am 14.02.2012 um 15:52 schrieb Bruce Hershenson: > >> Very true, Kirby! But that was not my question. >> >> Wim, I was not counting made for TV. I think the reason so many of those >> were lost is that they simply re-used the tapes (you could record right over >> the last recording), so it saved lots of money. Kind of like how they melted >> down old films! >> >> Bruce >> >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: >> There are some that SHOULD be! >> K. >> >> On Feb 14, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >> >>> We often hear that half of all movies made before 1920 are "lost". But what >>> is the most recent "lost" film? I mean, are there movies of the 1960s or >>> later that are "lost"? Or when did people stop being so stupid as to lose >>> the last surviving example of a movie? >>> >>> Bruce >>> -- >>> Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>> P.O. 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