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Making a masterpiece: An Oscar-winning film with NM ties, The Hurt Locker selected for preservation

.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... A scene from the Oscar-winning film, “The Hurt Locker.” The film is one of 25 selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. (Courtesy of Lionsgate) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. As filming was underway in Amman, Jordan, Tony Mark knew there was something special about “The Hurt Locker.” “No one thought that we were making a masterpiece,” Mark said. “It was a really good script. When (director) Kathryn (Bigelow) made her first cut, you knew right then, it wasn’t your average movie.” Mark, a Santa Fe resident, served as an executive producer and unit production manager for the Oscar-winning 2008 film. ...................... The film, set during the Iraq War, tells the story of a sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

The Battle of the Century, Laurel and Hardy s Lost Classic, Enters The National Film Registry

The climatic pie fight from “Battle of the Century,” with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the middle of the action. Hal Roach Studios. “The Battle of the Century,” Laurel and Hardy’s 1927 silent short film, famed for its epic pie-in-the-face fight sequence, quickly disappeared after its theatrical release. The 20-minute, two-reel bit of comic relief in the latter days of the Roaring Twenties got left behind in the rush to talkies, as did most silent films. The last known surviving copy of its famed second reel was considered lost for good by the 1960s. It seemed to be a flickering bit of entertainment lost to time, disintegrating film stock and a too-late appreciation of an outdated art form. Slate magazine once described the missing second reel, containing most of the pie-fight sequence, as “one of the most deeply mourned lost treasures in film history.”

National Film Registry Announces 2020 Selections

National Film Registry Announces 2020 Selections
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The Joy Luck Club (1993) selected for preservation by American National Film Registry

The Joy Luck Club (1993) selected for preservation by American National Film Registry
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National Film Registry Spotlights Diverse Filmmakers Among 25 Titles Selected for Preservation in 2020

National Film Registry Spotlights Diverse Filmmakers Among 25 Titles Selected for Preservation in 2020 ​The camerawork of nine ASC members is included in this latest roster of motion pictures added to the Library of Congress’ impressive lineup. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced in Dec. 14 the annual selection of 25 of America’s most influential motion pictures to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. These films range from the innovative silent film  Suspense, which was co-directed by a woman in 1913, and Sidney Poitier’s Oscar-winning performance in 1963’s  Lilies of the Field to the 1978 mega-hit musical  Grease, 1980s musical comedy 

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