We have a copy of "Skyscraper"; can't vouch for the color quality,
though.
Brigid Duffy
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132-4200
E-mail: [email protected]
On Dec 9, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Dennis Doros wrote:
Well, this is why membership in AMIA and attending the conference
(Hi, Kim, Stephen and Francis!) and participating on its listserv is
invaluable because these problems and issues -- the importance of
small gauge films and their preservation -- are discussed as
frequently as public performance is discussed here.
And as Gary has mentioned frequently, many of these 16mm prints at
institutions are the only copies in existence and there are NO video
copies of many of them either. What we're facing here at
institutions is the filmic equivalent of Fahrenheit 451.
The only trained film archivist performing restorations and
preservation at a public library in the country -- that I know of --
is the wonderful Elena Rossi-Snook at the New York Public Library
Reserve Film & Video Collection, Library for the Performing Arts.
Her blog is here and she is one of the best authorities on 16mm
print collections along with independents Rick Prelinger, Geoff
Alexander and a few others. She's also on the Board of Directors at
AMIA. I'm hoping she'll chime in on the discussion.
That said, if anybody has 16mm copies of any of Shirley Clarke's
films (I can send a list) or IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES they want
to deliver to a good home (and we are the rights holders), please
contact me! These would be for a very important project.
Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & Video
[email protected]
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Susan Weber <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'm doing the very same thing, Barb. At least I still have some
film fans in town, and I've passed the list to
a couple of universities, who are taking about a total of 150 of our
films.
Some film Depts. want film for practising their editing. That still
leaves 4,000 more to find homes. If only
16mm wasn't so heavy, and shipping so costly - I'm not about to ship
to Boston or Chicago.
Susan
On 08/12/2011 2:59 PM, Bergman, Barbara J wrote:
I have to do some very extreme weeding of our remaining 16mm films.
(Losing their storage space. Space for VHS & DVDs is not effected,
fortunately.)
Do you have archives or other places you’d suggest I contact, who
might want to give some reels a new home?
(I’ve sent films to the Chicago Film Archive, Harvard’s, and have a
list to go to David in Rhode Island.)
Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian |
Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | [email protected]
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