La maschera del demonio (1960)
directed by Mario Bava
Alice in Wonderland (1903)
directed by Cecil Hepworth
and Percy Stow
Murder! (1930)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
While hauntingly beautiful, I'm sure these are not the images
these directors wanted to
leave in our minds.
If films by these important and influential directors
are eroding and corroding,
what else are we losing?
4 comments:
Sad. Very sad.
I love the way you let the images argue for you. So true......
These are beautifully put, so to speak. It's extraordinary to me that even now films are let slide just like this: last year at the Harvard Film Archive the only print they could find of a Claire Denis short from 1991 had a major flaw that was a terrible distraction from the beautiful black and white valentine to NYC.
As you note, there is something "hauntingly beautiful" about the erosion.
I've wanted to see that Alice for a while now, ever since I saw clips in the "Silent Britain" doc. Looks like it's on You Tube right now, so I'll check it out. Especially pertinent given that wretched-looking Alice remake hitting theaters right now.
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