Complete List and Related Resources: Librarian of Congress Names 25 Motion Pictures to National Film Registry (2006)
From the news release:
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today added 25 motion pictures to the National Film Registry (see attached list) to be preserved for all time, bringing the total number of films on the registry to 450...it is estimated that 50 percent of the films produced before 1950, and 80 to 90 percent made before 1920, have disappeared forever. The Library of Congress is working to stanch those losses by recognizing, and working with many organizations to preserve, films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant...The 2006 selections span the years 1913 to 1996 and encompass films ranging from Hollywood classics to lesser-known but still vital works. Billington chose this year’s selections after evaluating nearly 1,000 titles nominated by the public and conducting intensive discussions with the Library’s Motion Picture division staff and the distinguished members and alternates of his advisory group, the National Film Preservation Board. The board also advises the Librarian on national film preservation policy.
Complete List of 2006 National Film Registry Selections. Brief annotations about each film can be found here.
+ Applause (1929)
+ The Big Trail (1930)
+ Blazing Saddles (1974)
+ The Curse of Quon Gwon (1916-17)
+ Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
+ Drums of Winter [Uksuum Cauyai] (1988)
+ Early Abstractions #1-5, 7,10 (1939-56)
+ Fargo (1996)
+ Flesh and the Devil (1927)
+ Groundhog Day (1993)
+ Halloween (1978)
+ In the Street (1948)
+ The Last Command (1928)
+ Notorious (1946)
+ Red Dust (1932)
+ Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1971-72)
+ Rocky (1976)
+ sex, lies and videotape (1989)
+ Siege (1940)
+ St. Louis Blues (1929)
+ The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
+ Tess of the Storm Country (1914)
+ Think of Me First as a Person (1960-75)
+ A Time Out of War (1954)
+ Traffic in Souls (1913)
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