... ***** Forgive what might seem on its face a stupid question, Bill, but why hasn't it been? I mean, specifically. ... ***** Yes. It was indeed the Jess...
"no one is even LOOKING for Carnaval, Ambersons or Moby Dick. No one." When I interviewed Christopher Lee, he told me that he had been searching for the MOBY...
... I had the advantage of more or less resigning ... Strike "probably." It's travesty - some of the footage was shot for another project.. What do you think,...
... he ... to ... If you don't have a copy of the letter, which was originally sent to Jonathan, I have one. I sent it to Dan O'Herlihy, too - he had expressed...
... correctly, he ... Welles to ... sheds. ... Nick, I'll dig out the letter if you want to pursue it. There are a few details you might find helpful....
... Yes. All the proof that you need is in a document by Carlos Roberto de Souza titled: "Incofidencia Archiveira: Nitrate Fires in Brazilian Film History"....
... The guy who actually went down there looking did speak to someone who saw Amberson cans in some cinematheque in the 50s - possibly the one that burned: I...
Bill and Gabe, Nearly all of the Cinedia documents were burnt in the Cinemateca fires in 1957. But the journals of Adhemar Gonzaga from 1942 were kept. Hernani...
... I wouldn't be that sure. Given his positions of what sort of image of Brazil Brazilian Cinema should make, Gonzaga was certainly among the people who...
... fires in ... To back-track a bit: Wise has confirmed that the rough cut was sent to Welles in Rio and never came back; the RKO order to trash it (noted by...
... <filipefurtado@u...> wrote: , the Brasil Vita Filmes archive (which walso caught fire), the were no reasons for the negatives beto be in São Paulo when...
We can use the yahoogroups chat if you like. ... Are 2 and 3 documents or heard-of stuff? By 1 and the memo on the Lilly Archives in Indiana that first started...
When Gonzaga moved to Sao Paulo, he carried all his archives (film & paper) with him and delivered them to the Cinemateca. If Gonzaga had his hands on the...
I visited the Sao Paulo archives and was overwhelmed. Ruy or Filipe, have you ever been there? Most of their non-nitrate stuff is kept under good archival...
... They're documents that have been reduced to the state of hearsay by Turner's puting everything under lock and key in a snit after legal papers were used to...
... & paper) ... hands on ... to go to ... Cinemateca ... Maybe ... label. Thanks, Ruy, that's useful to know. I had heard from Catherine Benamou that...
... I'm deeply aware of it, Gabe. Gabe's description of the jaw-dropping realities of the Sao Paolo archives just confirms ever single experience I have had in...
I just read a breathless mention in a 1964 Susan Sontag article about a Maysles' documentary on The Beatles, called WHAT'S HAPPENING (no question mark). She...
... question ... (or even ... Wow, talk about synchronicity. I read that exact same article today -- "Going to the Theatre, etc." I've not seen "What's...
... If I'm not mistaken, this is the film frequently referred to as 'The Beatles' First U.S. Visit' / 'The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit.' It's out on DVD...
... I just want to revise my own post by saying that it is, in fact, a -tremendously- exciting film -- and the emotional flipside of Michael Lindsay-Hogg's...
... challenged ... his ... Christ, you're telling me. Aside from fires, moisture, and everyday heat, they used to take the prints during New Year's Eve and...
It does indeed. The Maysles' original version (never shown) featured a scene where the Fabs play DJ during a radio station, choosing records and commenting on...
We screened the complete 16mm version of What's Hapening (a catchphrase of Murray the K, I think) at Eastman House last year for a Beatles series. I haven't...
... Theprimary disparity between the DVD and the original version of "What's Happening" is the inclusion of concert footage not sot by the Maysles. These are ...
... I have to tell a story John Turner told me: A Canadian feature director used to show up on set with a family of big teddy bears he insisted on having...