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'In 2017, when Brett Morgen began work on his acclaimed 2022 David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream, he was given complete access to the late star’s entire, cavernous archive. “My eyes were immediately drawn to a stack of gleaming 35mm cans with the word ‘Stage’ written on them,” he remembers.'

In 1974, Alaska Airlines partnered with Braniff Airways to offer direct flights from Alaska (Fairbanks/Anchorage) to Texas (Dallas/Houston). They called it the Pipeline Express. #alaskahistory #alaska

Once upon a time there was an Anchorage joke about spouses killing spouses: a Spenard Divorce. Inspired by a real cluster of wives killing husbands, but the context was worse. Learn what everybody was laughing about in my latest free talk. November 12 at the UAA Fine Arts Bldg

#Alaska #Anchorage #UAA #APU #film

'"Van-ar-chy [... is ...] a piece of local history captured in motion: its scenes preserve glimpses of the streets, landscapes, buildings, and people of Newport and Sunapee in 1919.”'

"The story of the [Cinerama dome’s] fall and rise tracks the story of filmgoing in recent years. Like movie theaters across the US, the dome closed as Covid took hold; unlike many of those theaters, it never reopened."

📚 The cultures most at risk of vanishing are often created and sustained by communities with the fewest resources. In WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, Alice Bridgwood reflects on everyday archives like handwritten cookbooks & zines. 🎧 Listen to Future Knowledge: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/van... 🧵

Tomorrow join TCM host Jacqueline Stewart as she discusses the importance of archiving and preservation at the American Library Association's annual conference. The event is being held in person in Chicago and with a virtual option. Details here: https://bit.ly/4amvFFW

Metal relief sculpture, embedded in the stone walkway at the entrance to the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social.

A fun piece of historic #PNW #film ephemera that turned up yesterday. A c.1970 film bag for Alpha Cine, a processing lab that closed over 10 years ago.

#AK #film

We’re looking forward to checking out this podcast, produced by one of our colleagues here in the #UAA #APU Consortium Library. #AK #history #WWII

And there, on one film, was a black star painted onto a pedestal in the center of the screen. They were looking at “Gugusse and the Automaton,” a long-lost film by the iconic French filmmaker George Méliès at his Star Film company. https://loom.ly/WyvVYRE

The 25 films selected this year for the National Film Registry by @librarycongress date back to the silent film through 2014, all chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. See the full list here: https://loom.ly/El3-q8U

Don't miss this annual highlight in the @anchoragesymphony.bsky.social schedule--coming up this Sat, 1/10. Silent movies were never actually "silent," of course--there was always music. Cinema with live music is a real treat--and in this case, provided by the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra!

Gifted link.

Old movies, movie theaters, and local lore. Free too. Join me this Friday at the Anchorage Museum.

On November 7, I'm giving another free talk, the history of Anchorage movie theaters, part of the First Friday festivities at the Anchorage Museum. 7:15 pm. And I'll explain this image, from the first movie played at the first real theater in Anchorage! (anchoragemuseum.org/...).

"Spirit of the Wind" (1979). Directed by Ralph Liddle. A screening and fundraiser for AMIPA and the Doyon Foundation, at #Anchorage, #AK's Bear Tooth TheaterPub on Sunday November 16, at 4pm.

Some of the details about Neighborhood Flix Fest in #Anchorage, #AK the Thursday, September 25. More details at akflixfest.com