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It was another great Reel Thing event!

On behalf of all of us at AMIA, our thanks to all of our sponsors for your support of The Reel Thing, our artists who contributed to the Silent Auction, and to Grover Crisp and Michael Friend who work tirelessly to program what is always an extraordinary event. 

We hope to see you in October at AMIA's Digital Asset Symposium  here at the Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood, and in Seattle later this year for our Annual Conference and the inaugural Festival of the Archives.

Some of the presentations from The Reel Thing will be available on the website in a few weeks - www.the-reel-thing.org

 

 

AMIA 2011 Registration is now open!

Where
Hyatt Regency Austin

Date
November 16-19, 2011

The AMIA Annual Conference provides an opportunity for colleagues and those interested in the field to meet, share information and work together. For newcomers to this vibrant, dynamic and committed community, networking with other AMIA members and industry professionals is invaluable for professional development. Sessions and workshops provide a broad range of educational opportunities.

 

 

Preliminary Program Information

Register today!

The Reel Thing: Los Angeles Schedule Now Online!

  The program schedule is now available for The Reel Thing: Los Angeles!

• Opening Reception and screening of the digital restoration of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 
• The Coroner's Report - Dissecting Film Sound Preservation o The ABC's of Color Space 
• Wet-gate Film Scanning - A Proven Technology for Motion Picture Image Restoration 
• Where Did Our Films Go? The Destruction and Survival of American Silent Features 
• The Media History Digital Library - Digitizing the History of Cinema 
• Case study:  4K restoration of Marcel Carné's "The Children of Paradise"
• Advances in Restoration - Theory and Practice of Automatic Dust Removal 
• Designing a New Film Stock for Digital Separations 
• Case Study: Restoration of The Loves of Pharoah"
• Sneak Preview of a New Restoration
• Restoration and Screening of "Shoes"
• Managing Large Scale Sound Preservation 
• A Case of the Mumps | The Mumps Test Redux 
• Scanning for Preservation Purposes - A "Deep Catalog" Pilot Project 
• The Resurrection of Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon) 
• Screening of "The Children of Paradise"

Go to www.the-reel-thing.org to register!

 

Early Bird Rates for The Reel Thing: Los Angeles ending soon!

 
The Reel Thing XXVII
August 18-20, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA

Early bird registration ends soon for The Reel Thing!  Don’t miss …

• Opening night reception premiere screening of 4K restoration of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” on Thursday, August 18^th.
• Panavision Vs CinemaScope – a “shootout” featuring new test footage (and edited on a Moviola!)
• EYE Film Institute Netherlands Restoration and Screening of “Shoes” (USA 1916)
• Case study:  4K restoration and premiere screening of Marcel Carné’s “The Children of Paradise”
• Managing Large Scale Sound Preservation
• Scanning for Preservation, a Studio test case
• Where Did Our Films Go? - The Destruction and Survival of American Silent Feature Films
• Case study:  Reconstruction and restoration of long-lost Ernst Lubitsch silent film “The Loves of Pharoah”
• The Media History Digital Library - Digitizing the history of cinema
• Audio restoration challenges: silent films converted to sound
• The ABC’s of Color Space
• Restoring the 1902 Georges Méliès classic “Le Voyage dans la Lune” (includes screening)
• Sneak Preview of a newly restored film!

More screenings and topics to be added shortly!

Register today at www.the-reel-thing.org

Moving-image saviors talk shop in St. Louis

This week, about 470 members of the Association of Moving Image Archivists gathered in St. Louis to discuss the fine points of preservation and archiving at their annual conference. The group is an esoteric lot, from do-it-yourselfers to executives with major entertainment companies. But they have a common goal — to take vast amounts of filmic flotsam, the stuff that most of us take for granted or forget about, and save it from oblivion.

Read the story here:  http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/55D8BA23042B568D862576670024AEFD?OpenDocument

25 Things to do in St. Louis

There’s so much to see and do in St. Louis, we thought we’d start you out with a few “must-see options.”

Read the list here:  http://www.explorestlouis.com/visitors/25thingsOne.asp?pt=1

Silent Capra - Saturday at The Reel Thing XXII

Restoring Silents - Early Capra
Saturday - 11:00am
Linwood Dunn Theatre

Frank Capra, best known for directing comedies in the mid 30's at Columbia Pictures, started his career directing silent films, many of which are little known.  The obscurity of Capra's early work is due in part to the same fate which rendered so many films from the silent era, "lost."  In preparing for a retrospective of Capra's early work, the challenges of restoration work on these films became abundantly clear, and required the exploration of new workflows. Incorporating current post-production work flows into traditional film restoration techniques, The Way of the Strong (1927) was preserved and digitally restored, creating a new filmed out negative and print. 

 

A brief examination of problems encountered and the decisions and solutions will be followed by a screening of the feature film, with live musical accompaniment.

 

Marilyn Monroe - Tonight at The Reel Thing XXII

How to Marry a Millionaire
The Reel Thing XXII presents the premiere of the digital restoration of Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable in "How to Marry a Millionaire."

They're three beautiful models, looking for the man and the money of their dreams! Almost broke, they pool their funds to rent a posh Manhattan penthouse in which they plan to lure their victims. But the gold digger's plans suddenly go awry when two of them fall for men who appear to be poor! Trying to stop each other from marrying the wrong guy, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall deliver the finest comedic performances of their careers. And they learn that a rich man is actually worthless- unless you're in love with him! Nominated for Best Costume in 1954..

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Premieres at The Reel Thing XXII

The Reel Thing XXII opens tonight with a reception and the premiere screening of the digitally-restored Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full length animated feature film, and the first of the Disney animated classics. Snow White was also the first American film to have a soundtrack album released in conjunction with the film. The film received a special Academy Award® in 1939 consisting of one full-size Oscar® and seven dwarf Oscars, all presented to Walt Disney by Shirley Temple.

 

 

 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trailer 1937 | | SPIKE.com

They’re back — and at a cinema near you

Here, starting with the release of Spartacus this week, films that would normally be reserved for marginalised movie clubs and repertory cinemas are suddenly mingling with the multiplex big boys. Classics are back in action, familiarity is de rigueur, and old-school is the new wave.

Read story here