tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post9105590049576628597..comments2023-12-22T02:32:38.702+00:00Comments on Archives and Auteurs: Archiving the Future| mobilizing the pastKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183395919767332073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-64438440147698947012010-03-16T15:28:17.480+00:002010-03-16T15:28:17.480+00:00Have a great trip to LA Kathryn. Can't wait to...Have a great trip to LA Kathryn. Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back.<br /><br />Z xZoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07663520196378546003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-10764537056252842742010-03-15T09:52:51.054+00:002010-03-15T09:52:51.054+00:00Hi Kevin,
I really don't know whether there a...Hi Kevin,<br /><br />I really don't know whether there are people actively seeking lost silent films. I know that organsiations like the World Cinema Foundation concern themselves with preserving film heritage that would otherwise be lost but I'm not sure if there are organisations that do this retrospectively. I deal only with the paper records relating to film, although I'd love to train to be a film archivist as well!<br /><br />There's a really interesting blog about early and silent cinema, The Bioscope http://bioscopic.wordpress.com/, which might have more answers. Incidently there's a wonderful novel by Paul Auster 'The Book of Illusions' which is centred around the search for lost silent films.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183395919767332073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-54307579814995200532010-03-14T23:48:17.649+00:002010-03-14T23:48:17.649+00:00While I'm thinking about it, I recognize you&#...While I'm thinking about it, I recognize you're going to LA for the latest conference, but I know that periodically the AFI here in Washington, DC, puts on similar functions, so I'd very much enjoy the opportunity to talk film with you if you are ever in town.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812363851884454379.post-82596005853879034882010-03-14T23:38:21.404+00:002010-03-14T23:38:21.404+00:00Hi Kathryn,
I have been meaning to ask you a ques...Hi Kathryn,<br /><br />I have been meaning to ask you a question for a while. How does one discover lost or misplaced negatives or film prints, particularly silent films previously thought lost? What's the process?--- in other words.<br /><br />Are there people who take trips across the world searching for them as part of their job description, or is it purely left to chance and luck? I know that scouring archives has frequently turned up misfiled and mislabeled prints. <br /><br />Is that something you yourself do, or is it the domain of a particular person with a particular sort of training?Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.com