DrRexMorman

DrRexMorman t1_j6oy2x8 wrote

The ip's creator is a huge piece of shit.

Here's his essay predicting Obama would attempt a coup using an "army" of unemployed black men:

https://genius.com/Orson-scott-card-unlikely-events-obama-is-a-dictator-annotated

None of his stories are worth retelling. edit: No one in Hollywood is dumb enough to fund a remake.

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DrRexMorman t1_j6j3roe wrote

This shot was included with the Great train robbery (1903):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z4T1RC4uXQA

It was not connected with the film’s narrative and was generally shown after the main film had concluded.

It is the inspiration for this shot (and many others):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-bF_IQi6M

which was show at the end of Goodfellas.

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DrRexMorman t1_j5z01f9 wrote

>Billy Eichner

The academy awards certain kinds of films that contribute to certain kinds of movie going experiences.

Eichner’s on-screen persona doesn’t align with the kind of film the academy awards and his interactions with the press over the film’s failure definitely didn’t contribute to the kind of movie going experience the academy awards.

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DrRexMorman t1_j5yzbec wrote

>myth

It isn’t a myth.

>Wikipedia

If you read a something like this on Wikipedia:

>Most lost films are from the silent film and early talkie era, from about 1894 to 1930.[7] Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation estimates that more than 90% of American films made before 1929 are lost,[8] and the Library of Congress estimates that 75% of all silent films are lost forever.[9]

You can click on links embedded in in the citations, which will take you to articles like these:

https://www.film-foundation.org/columbus-dispatch

https://variety.com/2013/film/news/library-of-congress-only-14-of-u-s-silent-films-survive-1200915020/amp/

which play out the Wiki’s claims.

>there is actually should be a guy

Here is the basic idea: a film historian named David Pierce looked up old film studio release schedules and catalogued and decided that 10,919 films were released before 1929. Pierce was only able to find ~1500 of these films in their original format. He was able to find non-original copies of another ~1200 films.

This feature article about the US Library of Congress’ efforts to digitized film gives some frustrating reasons for why those movies were lost:

https://whyy.org/segments/difficulties-with-digital-leave-old-school-film-archivists-reeling/

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