These Amazing Shadows (2011)
- Directed by
- Kurt Norton, Paul Mariano
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 71 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary explores the National Film Registry and its mission to preserve culturally significant American movies. It shows how the registry selects films that represent the diversity of the country's cinematic history.
informativeappreciativereflectivecelebratoryeducationalearnestheritage-focused
What happens
These Amazing Shadows is a 2011 documentary film which tells the history and importance of the National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself. The documentary was directed by Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton and was an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in the Documentary Premieres category. These Amazing Shadows is distributed under the Independent Film Channel (IFC) brand, Sundance Selects, and was broadcast on the American television PBS series, Independent Lens, on December 29, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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