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Talking Shop: Preserving Film History

821 views · Published 11 February 2015 · 1:42:06 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: Kickstarter · 2015 · Entertainment

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A conversation about the difference between restoration and preservation, and the value of shining a light on important, forgotten works.
Highlights include:
A lost Oreo commercial (at 7:26) 
A film about a Brooklyn neighborhood as it was in 1984 (at 12:56) 
Forgotten classics of African-American cinema (at 24:17) 
The unfinished insanity of low-budget director James Bryan's last film (at 35:27)
Director Kelly Reichardt's first film River of Grass (at 43:38)
German exploitation classic Bloody Friday (at 51:55)
"Wizard of Oz" saved from the dump, "Gone With the Wind" saved from the bottom of the ocean, and "Night of the Hunter" deleted scenes saved from film school editing scraps (at 1:40:20)

Featuring
Elijah Drenner, Subkultur (http://kck.st/165xULy)
Christopher Allen, UnionDocs (http://kck.st/1LmXw6C)
Zack Carlson, Bleeding Skull (http://kck.st/16fNHXF)
Bret Wood & Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky), Kino Lorber (http://kck.st/1F5JyBy)
Debra McClutchy, Oscilloscope Labs (http://kck.st/1y6ci8y)
Jake Perlin, Moderator, Cinema Conservancy 

Talking Shop is an ongoing series of discussions with leaders in the Kickstarter community. Subscribe here to get new Talking Shop videos each week http://www.youtube.com/user/kickstarter?sub_confirmation=1

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Cha Cha Demo by James Pants

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