It’s nice to have movies at the click of a button, but lots of movies have no digital imprint and are lost now.
One of the things I was most wrong about was the idea that with digital libraries, every studio would transition their films over so audiences could have immediate access, and their catalogs for streamers would be more vast. But that actually hasn’t happened. Older and even newer but less popular movies have fallen by the wayside. In some cases, we’re losing the ability to ever watch them again, as they get buried or just lost through time.
And these aren’t titles you’re never heard of either! The original Elaine May The Heartbreak Kid, Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol, and Julie Taymour’s Titus are among those titles.
So what are people doing to get them back?
Hollywood’s Transition Away from Physical Media Means Thousands of Movies Go Missing
Now, an advocacy group called Missing Movies is assembling a list of all the titles that are being swept away. They’re determined to preserve them and make sure they’re not lost forever.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
