12th Festival of Preservation

This summer, local moviegoers can experience the historical sweep and technical wizardry of recently completed UCLA Film and Television Archive preservation projects at the 12th Festival of Preservation, July 22 - August 21, 2004.
 
The highly-anticipated and biennial Festival is "the most exciting and satisfying film event on the Los Angeles calendar," according to Los Angeles Times Critic Kenneth Turan.
 
Spanning an entire century of moving image media, the Festival features classic Hollywood films, television programs, silents, animation and independent fare.  A highlight this year will be the opening night screening of Stanley Kubrick’s biting anti-war classic Paths of Glory, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation and InStyle Magazine.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will co-present another unique event on July 29th, a screening of Tillie's Punctured Romance, starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and accompanied by a ragtime ensemble led by Ken Winokur, Director of Alloy Orchestra.
 
Additional offerings include classic films from notable directors including Frank Borzage, Elia Kazan, Rouben Mamoulian, Jean Renoir, Billy Wilder and William Wyler; and an exploration of works which use the material decay of film their central theme.   

Most programs will be at the James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall.  For a complete screening schedule, please click here.