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wednes ([personal profile] wednes) wrote2006-10-08 04:28 am
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Night of the Living Fred (get it?)

Okay, here's the drill.. These are the movies that the Library of Congress has decided are 'culturally significant' and is making special effort to preserve. Films have to have been out for at least 10 years before they can be included, which is why there aren't any after 1995 (the 2006 selections won't be announced until December). 25 films are added every year.

Mark off which ones you've seen with one X; if you own the movie, put another X.

Not all of the films are features, several are shorts, were experiments, or were documentary in nature.


1893
BLACKSMITH SCENE

1894
DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM (1894-95)

1896
THE KISS
RIP VAN WINKLE

1901
X PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INAUGURATION FOOTAGE
STAR THEATRE

1903
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

1904
WESTINGHOUSE WORKS, 1904

1906
X SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE, APRIL 18, 1906

1909
A CORNER IN WHEAT
LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE
PRINCESS NICOTINE; OR THE SMOKE FAIRY

1910
JEFFRIES-JOHNSON WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING CONTEST

1912
FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS
THE LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET

1913
EVIDENCE OF THE FILM
MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT

1914
THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE
GERTIE THE DINOSAUR
IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS aka IN THE LAND OF THE WAR CANOES

1915
X THE BIRTH OF A NATION
THE CHEAT
FATTY'S TINTYPE TANGLE
THE ITALIAN
REGENERATION

1916
CIVILIZATION
HELL'S HINGES
INTOLERANCE
WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?

1917
THE IMMIGRANT
THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL
WILD AND WOOLY

1918
THE BLUE BIRD

1919
BROKEN BLOSSOMS

1920
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
MAKING OF AN AMERICAN
WITHIN OUR GATES

1921
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
MANHATTA
MISS LULU BETT

1922
COPS
X NANOOK OF THE NORTH
X SALOME
SKY HIGH

1923
SAFETY LAST

1924
THE CHECHAHCOS
GREED
PETER PAN
SHERLOCK, JR.
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

1925
THE BIG PARADE
CLASH OF THE WOLVES
THE FRESHMAN
THE GOLD RUSH
GRASS
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
THE LOST WORLD
X PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THEODORE CASE SOUND TEST: GUS VISSER AND HIS SINGING DUCK

1926
XX BEN-HUR
THE BLACK PIRATE
HANDS UP
THE SON OF THE SHEIK

1927
THE GENERAL
IT
X THE JAZZ SINGER
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413
SEVENTH HEAVEN
SUNRISE
WINGS

1928
THE CAMERAMAN
THE CROWD
THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK
X THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: JENKINS ORPHANAGE BAND
PASS THE GRAVY
THE POWER OF THE PRESS
SHOW PEOPLE
X STEAMBOAT WILLIE
THERE IT IS
THE WEDDING MARCH
THE WIND

1929
BIG BUSINESS
H2O
LAMBCHOPS

1930
X ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
FROM STUMP TO SHIP
X LITTLE CAESAR
MOROCCO
X PUPS IS PUPS (Our Gang)

1931
A BRONX MORNING
CITY LIGHTS
XX DRACULA
THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER
XX FRANKENSTEIN
TABU

1932
XX FREAKS
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
LOVE ME TONIGHT
THE MUSIC BOX
X SCARFACE
TROUBLE IN PARADISE

1933
42ND STREET
BABY FACE
DUCK SOUP
THE EMPEROR JONES
FOOTLIGHT PARADE
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
X KING KONG
SHE DONE HIM WRONG
SNOW WHITE

1934
XX IMITATION OF LIFE
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
X LITTLE MISS MARKER
PUNCH DRUNKS
X TARZAN AND HIS MATE
XX THE THIN MAN

1935
X BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
NAUGHTY MARIETTA
X A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
TOP HAT

1936
DODSWORTH
XX FLASH GORDON serial
FURY
MASTER HANDS
X MODERN TIMES
MY MAN GODFREY
THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS
X POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR
ROSE HOBART
SHOW BOAT
SWING TIME
TRANCE AND DANCE IN BALI (1936-39)

1937
THE AWFUL TRUTH
XX HINDENBURG DISASTER NEWSREEL FOOTAGE
X THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
REPUBLIC STEEL STRIKE RIOT NEWSREEL
THE RIVER
XX SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

1938
X THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
BRINGING UP BABY
LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY
MARCH OF TIME: INSIDE NAZI GERMANY--1938
X PORKY IN WACKYLAND

1939
THE CITY
COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY AND ESTHER
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
X GONE WITH THE WIND
GUNGA DIN
MARIAN ANDERSON: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CONCERT
XX MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
NINOTCHKA
STAGECOACH
TEVYE
X THE WIZARD OF OZ
VERBENA TRAGICA
YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

1940
THE BANK DICK
COMMANDMENT KEEPER CHURCH, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 1940
XX FANTASIA
X THE GRAPES OF WRATH
THE GREAT DICTATOR
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN
MELODY RANCH
X THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
XX PINOCCHIO
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
X TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE

1941
THE BLOOD OF JESUS
XX CITIZEN KANE
X HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
KANNAPOLIS, NC
THE LADY EVE
X THE MALTESE FALCON
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS

1942
X CASABLANCA
XX CAT PEOPLE
JAM SESSION
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
ROAD TO MOROCCO
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
TULIPS SHALL GROW
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

1943
LASSIE COME HOME
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
SHADOW OF A DOUBT
STORMY WEATHER
X TOPAZ 1943-45 home movie footage taken at Japanese American Internment Camp, the Topaz War Relocation Authority Center
WHY WE FIGHT (series of films, 1943-45)

1944
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
GOING MY WAY
JAMMIN' THE BLUES
LAURA
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
MEMPHIS BELLE
MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK
MOM AND DAD
X NATIONAL VELVET

1945
X MILDRED PIERCE
THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO

1946
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
THE BIG SLEEP
DETOUR
XX IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE

1947
XX MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
MOTION PAINTING NO. 1
OUT OF THE PAST

1948
X ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
FORCE OF EVIL
LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
LOUISIANA STORY
X THE PEARL
RED RIVER
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

1949
ADAM'S RIB
ALL THE KING'S MEN
GUN CRAZY
THE HEIRESS
TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
WHITE HEAT

1950
X ALL ABOUT EVE
D.O.A.
SUNSET BOULEVARD

1951
X THE AFRICAN QUEEN
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
XX THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
DUCK AND COVER
X A PLACE IN THE SUN
XX A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
XX THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD\

1952
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
HIGH NOON
MAGICAL MAESTRO
X SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
THIS IS CINERAMA

1953
ALL MY BABIES
THE BAND WAGON
XX DUCK AMUCK
EAUX D'ARTIFICE
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
THE HITCH-HIKER
THE LITTLE FUGITIVE
THE LIVING DESERT
THE NAKED SPUR
ROMAN HOLIDAY
X SHANE
XX THE TELL-TALE HEART

1954
X CARMEN JONES
THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE
ON THE WATERFRONT
X REAR WINDOW
X SABRINA
SALT OF THE EARTH
X SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
X A STAR IS BORN

1955
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
KISS ME DEADLY
MARTY
X THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
X REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

1956
THE COURT JESTER
GIANT
XX INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
MODESTA
X ONE FROGGY EVENING
THE SEARCHERS
XX THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1957
X THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
THE HUNTERS [KALAHARI DESERT TRIBE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM]
X JAILHOUSE ROCK
X LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY
PATHS OF GLORY
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
THE TALL T
XX WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

1958
GIGI
A MOVIE
X TOUCH OF EVIL
XX VERTIGO

1959
XX BEN-HUR
JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY
X NORTH BY NORTHWEST
PULL MY DAISY
SHADOWS
SOME LIKE IT HOT

1960
THE APARTMENT
X HOUSE OF USHER
PRIMARY
XX PSYCHO
WILD RIVER

1961
THE HUSTLER
X A RAISIN IN THE SUN
XX WEST SIDE STORY

1962
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
X THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
THE MUSIC MAN
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
X TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

1963
AMERICA, AMERICA
THE COOL WORLD
X THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
X SHOCK CORRIDOR
X ZAPRUDER FILM

1964
DEAD BIRDS
DOG STAR MAN
X DR. STRANGELOVE or, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
EMPIRE
NOTHING BUT A MAN
POINT OF ORDER

1965
X THE SOUND OF MUSIC

1966
CASTRO STREET
THE ENDLESS SUMMER
THROUGH NAVAJO EYES (SERIES)
A TIME FOR BURNING

1967
X BONNIE AND CLYDE
COOL HAND LUKE
DON'T LOOK BACK
X THE GRADUATE
X IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

1968
X 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY
HIGH SCHOOL
XX NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
OFFON
XX PLANET OF THE APES
X THE PRODUCERS
WHY MAN CREATES

1969
X BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
X EASY RIDER
THE LEARNING TREE
MEDIUM COOL
X MIDNIGHT COWBOY
SALESMAN
THE WILD BUNCH

1970
FILM PORTRAIT
FIVE EASY PIECES
HOSPITAL
X KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
X M*A*S*H
MULTIPLE SIDOSIS
X PATTON
SERENE VELOCITY
X WOODSTOCK

1971
X THE FRENCH CONNECTION
THE HOSPITAL
NOSTALGIA
XX SHAFT

1972
X CABARET
XX THE GODFATHER
XX HAROLD AND MAUDE
X THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

1973
XX AMERICAN GRAFFITI
X BADLANDS
X ENTER THE DRAGON
FRANK FILM
X MEAN STREETS
X THE STING

1974
ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN
CHINATOWN
THE CONVERSATION
FUJI
XX THE GODFATHER, PART II
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
XX YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

1975
THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN
XX JAWS
NASHVILLE
XX ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
XX THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

1976
CHULAS FRONTERAS
HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A.
X NETWORK
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
XX TAXI DRIVER
TO FLY

1977
X ANNIE HALL
KILLER OF SHEEP
XX STAR WARS

1978
THE DEER HUNTER
X ERASERHEAD
XX NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
POWERS OF TEN

1979
XX ALIEN
ALL THAT JAZZ
X APOCALYPSE NOW
THE BLACK STALLION
MANHATTAN

1980
ATLANTIC CITY
GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER
X RAGING BULL
RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7

1981
XX RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

1982
X BLADE RUNNER
CHAN IS MISSING
XX E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
XX FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
X TOOTSIE

1983
EL NORTE
KOYAANISQATSI

1984
STRANGER THAN PARADISE
XX THIS IS SPINAL TAP

1986
X HOOSIERS
SHERMAN'S MARCH

1988
THE THIN BLUE LINE
TIN TOY

1989
DO THE RIGHT THING

1990
XX GOODFELLAS

1991
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BOYZ N THE HOOD
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

1992
XX UNFORGIVEN

1993
SCHINDLER'S LIST

1994
HOOP DREAMS

1995
X TOY STORY

I've been taking some new meds this week. This one is called Abilify and it's supposed to take the edge off. I daresay it's working rather well even though the good people at Crazy Meds dot Org seem to think it sucks.

I'm also working on hats and tedious scarves for the impending gift giving season. I find that I enjoy hats most of all, the round looms in general are more fun. I'm going to make myself a new bag for carrying stuff. I'm going to try to sew in a lining, add a strap, and even make a pocket of sorts with a smaller loom. Then I'll put on a long, super thick handle. I hope I have the talent to pull it off. My projects still have a near fatal abundance of Wabi Sabi.

[identity profile] trav28.livejournal.com 2006-10-08 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
I still think they ought to add Dawn of the Dead in there as it is "culturally significant" :)

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2006-10-08 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
I agree.

XX Dawn of the Dead



[identity profile] calpurnius.livejournal.com 2006-10-08 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad to see Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Night of the Living Dead, and Planet of the Apes on there. Rocky Horror Picture Show really surprises me for its inclusion and The Empire Strikes Back surprises me in its absence. "Rocky Horror?" he says, tilting his head this way and that repeatedly in the same way a Bassett hound might look at a Jackson Pollack. While Star Wars changed the ways films are made and marketed, Empire cemented that and returned with a bit of character.

I further vote Dawn of the Dead for cultural significance. In subtext, it's a parody of consumerism and the seemingly tidiness of the early 70s. Plus, the zombie gets the top of his head chopped off by the helicopter. :-)

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2006-10-09 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
LOL
I concur on all counts!

[identity profile] nate101000.livejournal.com 2006-10-09 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's interesting that in later years there is often only one movie for the year, yet there were probably 100x or more movies made in 1981 than in 1925 for example. It just goes to show that movies aren't necessarily getting better. Just cooler to look at. But I agree with the people above, there are a few that need to be on there. Like Rocky.