Here are some films I would hate to see disappear.

Films/DVD Asylum

Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

In Reply to: I meant new films being digitized posted by ArdRi on December 27, 2007 at 13:31:52:

It's discouraging to read in that article that my DVD collection will be compromised within 15 years. Sheesh.

Since several of the movies below are foreign and/or independent, it's unlikely anyone will be spending megabucks to preserve them. Most titles on this list were shot on film but more than a few have digital elements. This is by no means a complete list - just some of my favorites of the last ten years - since I haven't seen everything either. It's getting harder and harder to get foreign releases booked in the Midwest.

I must also sadly note that three of the most briliant filmmakers represented here, Brad McGann (In My Father's Den"), Fabien Bielinsky (The Aura), and Edward Yang (Yi Yi) all died in the past two years - McGann and Bielinsky were just starting their careers as driectors so theirs is an especially tragic loss.

My (very personal) list:

The Return
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
In My Father's Den
The Aura
The Devil's Backbone
No Man's Land
Welcome To Sarajevo
Master & Commander: Far Side Of The World
Topsy-Turvy
Vera Drake
The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu
Gods & Monsters
24 Hour Party People
Control
Mulholland Drive
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Spring, Summer, Fall Winter...and Spring
Yi Yi
Lone Star
Men With Guns
Kitchen Stories
High Fidelity
Dirty Pretty Things
Bloody Sunday
The Lives Of Others
Forty Shades Of Blue
Last Orders
Inside Man
When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts
Amores Perros
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Piano Teacher
L'enfant
Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
A Mighty Wind
Best In Show
Gosford Park

From 2007:
Away From Her
This Is England
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
Atonement
A Mighty Heart
Death At A Funeral (Minor movie, but funnier than hell.)
Ratatouille
Lake Of Fire
White Light/Black Rain
No End In Sight
In The Shadow Of The Moon
(Still many '07 releases yet to see.)

Control is from '07 as well but I left it up top since it makes a perfect double bill with 24 Hour Party People.

Animation for all:

Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Persepolis (2007 - just saw a sneak WOW!)
The Incredibles
The Iron Giant
The Triplettes of Bellville

I'm sure I've left some out but surely there's somehting in there for you to get from Netflix. I think we're in a golden age of documentaries so those deserve their very own post.

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Incredible article on archiving film, video - clarkjohnsen 09:59:48 12/24/07 (8)

Has anything worth preserving been made recently ? - ArdRi 23:57:18 12/25/07 (5)

Good grief, what do you mean by "recent"? - Harmonia 13:15:34 12/27/07 (2)

I meant new films being digitized - ArdRi 13:31:52 12/27/07 (1)

Here are some films I would hate to see disappear. - Harmonia 19:58:06 12/27/07 (0)

RE: Has anything worth preserving been made recently ? - rico 09:45:38 12/26/07 (0)

Once, at least... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:51:58 12/26/07 (0)

"78s are the Grecian urns of audio." - Nice line, but if writing that article today about archiving film... - Audiophilander 23:19:53 12/24/07 (0)

Planned obsolescence - mishmashmusic 10:26:11 12/24/07 (0)

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Here are some films I would hate to see disappear. - Harmonia 19:58:06 12/27/07 (0)

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