FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM! (2023)
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FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM!
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM!
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM! explores the vanishing world of private film collecting—an obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of basement film vaults and storage lockers, piled-high with forgotten reels, and inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film.
Condemned as pirates and hound
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM! explores the vanishing world of private film collecting—an obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of basement film vaults and storage lockers, piled-high with forgotten reels, and inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film.
Condemned as pirates and hounded by the FBI, film collectors have long lurked in the shadows. Yet their efforts have resulted in the survival of countless films that would otherwise have been lost to history. Archives and studios now look to private hands for long-lost titles and many collectors have begun restoring and releasing films themselves. As analog film fades from memory, the basement dwellers and bootleggers of old are finally being given their due.
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM! is a lively tribute to the private film collector, a celebration of the fetishistic subculture of pre-digital movie-love, and a loving reminder of the glories of photochemical film.
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM!
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM!
FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM!
A lively exploration into the obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of private film collecting.
Produced and Directed by Peter Flynn.
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FILM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FILM! VIDEOS
Ira H. Gallen
Film collector and founder of TVDays.com, Ira H. Gallen visits one of his storage vaults. From Film is Dead, Long Live Film! (2023).
The Movie Monsters
Self-proclaimed "movie monster" Stu Fink explains his theory about film collectors. From Film is Dead, Long Live Film! (2023).
Lou DiCrescenzo
Lou DiCrescenzo screens a selection of his films for audiences at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. From Film is Dead, Long Live Film! (2023).
Jeff Joseph
Film archivist and preservationist, Jeff Jospeh recalls his arrest for film piracy in the 1970s. From Film is Dead, Long Live Film! (2023).
Chip Ordway
Chip Ordway searches for film at the abandoned Bath Drive-In, Bath, NY. From Film is Dead, Long Live Film! (2023).
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT (2015)
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THE DYING OF THE LIGHT explores at the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists. By turns humorous and melancholic, their candid reflections on life in the booth reveal a world that has largely gone unnoticed and is now at an end. The result is a loving
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT explores at the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists. By turns humorous and melancholic, their candid reflections on life in the booth reveal a world that has largely gone unnoticed and is now at an end. The result is a loving tribute to the art and romance of the movies—and to the unseen people who brought the light to our screens.
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"[4 stars] You may not go to a more thought-provoking funeral than the one held for the art of film projection in Peter Flynn's lovely documentary 'The Dying of the Light'...the film is an elegy to a century of watching movies and to the craftspeople who made it possible." Boston Globe
"An elegiac tribute to the artistry of film and to t
"[4 stars] You may not go to a more thought-provoking funeral than the one held for the art of film projection in Peter Flynn's lovely documentary 'The Dying of the Light'...the film is an elegy to a century of watching movies and to the craftspeople who made it possible." Boston Globe
"An elegiac tribute to the artistry of film and to the men and women who toiled 'behind the curtain' to bring that artistry to life every day in movie theaters around the world...a not-to-be-missed treasure of movie history."
Boston Herald
"[4 stars] [A] melancholic peek behind the curtain that's quickly-and all-too-quietly-closing on a profession. A tremendous gift for cinephiles who mourn the loss of the light."
The Improper Bostonian
BLAZING THE TRAIL: THE O'KALEMS IN IRELAND (2011)
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In the early 1910s, the New York based Kalem Film Company made history by sending its leading filmmakers--director Sidney Olcott and screenwriter/lead actress Gene Gauntier--to County Kerry, in Ireland. Known to the public as the "O'Kalems," Olcott and Gauntier produced a series of ground-breaking films--rebel dramas, folk romances, tale
In the early 1910s, the New York based Kalem Film Company made history by sending its leading filmmakers--director Sidney Olcott and screenwriter/lead actress Gene Gauntier--to County Kerry, in Ireland. Known to the public as the "O'Kalems," Olcott and Gauntier produced a series of ground-breaking films--rebel dramas, folk romances, tales of exile and emigration--celebrated for their authentic Irish settings and unrivaled in their use of scenery. They were the first fiction films to be made in Ireland and were among the first American films to be shot overseas.
BLAZING THE TRAIL tells the story of Olcott and Gaunter's adventures in Ireland: it recounts how they made films without electricity, using locals as actors; how they provoked the condemnation of a local priest and ran afoul of the British authorities. It tells the story of two of the cinema's earliest mavericks, of the people and culture they immortalized on film--and of the emerging Hollywood system that would ultimately eclipse them.
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DIRECTOR; PETER FYNN
PRODUCER: TONY TRACY
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"first rate, inventive, fascinating"
LA Examiner
"Compulsive and compelling"
Alamo Enquirer
"Impressive and sophisticated"
Cineaste Magazine
"A delightful piece of work"
The Bioscope
INAUGURATION (2016)
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INAUGURATION is an intense, on-the-ground account of the events surrounding the 2017 Presidential Inauguration culminating in the Women’s March on Washington. The film follows supporters and protestors of the 45th president through the streets of the US capitol, detailing the various confrontations, rallies, and marches taking place over
INAUGURATION is an intense, on-the-ground account of the events surrounding the 2017 Presidential Inauguration culminating in the Women’s March on Washington. The film follows supporters and protestors of the 45th president through the streets of the US capitol, detailing the various confrontations, rallies, and marches taking place over that weekend.
INAUGURATION captures the chaos and excitement of this historic moment, offering a vivid portrait of America in crisis and a bracing, often joyous, celebration of civil disobedience. In the words of Michael Moore: "Welcome to the shitshow!"
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DIRECTOR: PETER FLYNN
PRODUCER: THOMAS FINN