On TCM this Sunday (11/17): FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!

[Douglas Meltzer]

At CineSea 25, filmmaker Peter Flynn screened a work-in-progress cut of his documentary about film collecting and film preservation, FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!. The movie had its theatrical premiere back in March. It will now be shown on Turner Classic Movies this Sunday, November 17th at 10 PM (EST).

Peter Flynn at CineSea 25

To me, Peter's film genuinely captures the world of film collecting, the diverse personalities involved and how collectors are responsible for preserving countless prints that would have otherwise disappeared. Plus, there's lots of footage from a number of our CineSea shows! If you have access to TCM, be sure to watch this fascinating film!

[Steve Klare]

Okay,

I need to work out subscribing to TCM, then I'll run HDMI cable across the floor to plug my theater into Fios, and then I know what we'll be doing Sunday Night!

After all! -how often do I watch a movie where I know many of the people on screen?!

(Steven was at school when we saw it at CineSea...)

[Paul Adsett]

Thanks so much for that heads up Doug. I get TCM on DIRECTV so I will certainly be watching it- projected on my home cinema screen.

[Douglas Meltzer]

[Paul Adsett]

Watched it last night, and found it generally enjoyable, but too long. It would be better at 60 to 90 minutes long instead of 2 hours. The best part for me was the all too brief coverage of CineSea. I would have liked much more of that. Still, it was great to see the brief shots of the CineSea regulars. The films emphasis was clearly on film restoration rather than typical film collector hobbyists. For the latter, the BFCC and Blackpool videos do a far better job.

[Steve Klare]

We couldn't watch it. It would have required an upgrade of our TV service that would have added on the cost-equivalent of a really bad day at the supermarket EVERY month!

We did see a late cut of it at CineSea 25 and really enjoyed it! Some of the highlights were the sequence where Geoff Cee talks about how we as flawed human beings relate to the flaws we see on screen with film presentation and Stu F.'s frequent short talks and his wry sense of humor. Both of these are CineSea regulars. There were also a few sequences where a couple with a film-collecting husband talk on screen and the real comedy comes from watching the wife and hearing her comments. We had a number of wives out in the seats that night (-including my own!), so there was something for the whole audience!

I have Peter's film The Dying of the Light on DVD. I hope that one way or the other FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! will be as accessible some day too.

We do have an Arts Cinema about 5 miles away: I'd love to see it there someday, too. As a matter of fact I just sent them materials about the movie to make sure they know about it. (It's a good fit for what they do!)