Associate Editor (Restorations and Revivals) Simon Taaffe has come across the following screenings and other information. Click on the links for times, more detail etc where indicated.
For the record and for purists, this piece from Filmmaker magazine runs through the 29 feature films shot on 35mm last year.
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| Anna Magnani in Volcano |
Volcano is
the title of a series devoted to the films of Anna Magnani presented by the
Toronto International Film Festival as part of its year round Cinematheque screening
program. The story of Volcano, William Dieterle’s movie made parallel with
Rossellini’s Stromboli, is one of the
more amazing ego-driven moments in cinema. There’s a rather good doco about the
whole thing and you can find a review of it by Todd McCarthy in this piece in
the Hollywood
Reporter
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| Joe Dante |
The
5th Festival of Restored Films presented by the Cinematheque francaise is
notable for having Joe Dante, one of the current great collectors of film, as
the festival “Parrain” and Wes Anderson as special guest. From 1-5 March in
Paris. Is this what heaven looks like?
Here’s the word from the organisers: Du 1er au 5 mars 2017, le Festival proposera une sélection des
dernières restaurations de prestige. À travers un programme cinéphile et
éclectique, la manifestation rendra hommage au travail des archives, des
ayant-droits, des studios et des laboratoires pour sauver les œuvres du passé.
La programmation se composera à nouveau de plusieurs sections thématiques et
donnera lieu à un intense programme de rencontres, d'ateliers et de
ciné-concerts. Click here for the Festival
Trailer which links up to the picture of Joe Dante at left. Very funny. Now you know.
Sons of Matthew
The National Film and Sound Archive has ‘restored’ Charles
Chauvel’s Sons of Matthew. That’s the
claim anyway on its website. I’ve
been dubious about some NFSA restorations, until I see them, especially after watching the
horrendous result of the NFSA’s efforts on the silent classic The Kid Stakes. Anyway the claim is out there and there is a
screening at the NFSA’s ARC Cinema in Canberra on 17 March. No details or
technical specifications are provided on the website. If you click on the
link at the end which supposedly takes you to NFSA Restores
Screenings in Autumn you don’t get
much info. Any further reports welcome.
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| The Dumb Girl of Portici |
At the Toronto IFF Cinematheque a screening of Lois Weber
& Phillips Smalley’s silent classic The Dumb Girl of
Portici. Restored by and issued on DVD by Bologna’s Cinema Ritrovato if you
cant make the screening on 4 March.
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