Bill Morrison Breathes New Life into a Decaying Silent Film with let me come in
TCM viewers get to experience a haunting, yet romantic opera pieced together from presumed-lost film footage.
For many old film lovers, nitrate degradation of a rare film is a nightmare scenario. For filmmaker
Bill Morrison, it’s an opportunity for new art. Morrison has been reusing found footage of antique film stock beyond the point of restoration for years, including in
Dawson City: Frozen Time and the first 21st-century film to be inducted into the National Film Registry
Decasia. His latest short film,
let me come in,has its television premiere during TCM’s Classic Film Festival, celebrated virtually on TCM and HBO Max simultaneously.