In 1967 George Lucas made a short sci-fi film at USC film school called Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb. This short film allowed him to make the feature film version Thx: 1138 four years later, which pretty much launched his career and led him on the path to creating Star Wars. I've never seen this short before and it's pretty awesome! It's not hard to see why people saw potential in Lucas.
The short film is being presented by Dust and it will only be available to watch for a limited time, so catch it while you can. It will be removed from the internet in three days.
While monitored and pursued, a man races to escape through a futuristic labyrinth. "Electronic Labyrinth Thx 1138 4Eb" by Star Wars creator George Lucas was the student film that helped launch his film career. Dust is proud to present it to you as part of USC Student Week.
The short film is being presented by Dust and it will only be available to watch for a limited time, so catch it while you can. It will be removed from the internet in three days.
While monitored and pursued, a man races to escape through a futuristic labyrinth. "Electronic Labyrinth Thx 1138 4Eb" by Star Wars creator George Lucas was the student film that helped launch his film career. Dust is proud to present it to you as part of USC Student Week.
- 12/12/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi brand Dust has announced that it will digitally premiere George Lucas’ 1967 student short film, Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb. The short will make its premiere on Dec. 11 to align with the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi — a franchise that started as a brainchild of Lucas. The news comes after a year of Dust’s launch. The release of one of Lucas’ first film projects is part of a partnership with the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where…...
- 12/4/2017
- Deadline
Fifty years ago in a galaxy not so far away, a USC film student named George Lucas made a sci-fi short film for his university project called “Electronic Labyrinth: Thx-1138 4Eb,” which launched a film career unlike any other. Now, as the premiere of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” draws near, “Electronic Labyrinth” will get its digital premiere on the Facebook channel Dust. Gunpowder & Sky’s burgeoning sci-fi brand Dust, which features sci-fi shorts from up and coming filmmakers, will release a new short every day from the USC School of Cinematic Arts leading up to Dec. 11, when “Electronic Labyrinth” makes.
- 12/4/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
It might seem like an odd thing to say about one of the world’s wealthiest men, but George Lucas has gotten the shaft. Not to whine, but we always talk about him as a cult leader, a businessman, or an Emperor Palpatine impersonator; never as an actual film artist. Part of that’s understandable, as Lucas has spent more of his career producing other people’s work or licensing his own than he has actually making movies. But the lack of serious critical conversation about his filmography bums me out. It’s difficult to reckon Lucas’ roots as an abstract, non-narrative filmmaker with his transformation into an intellectual property impresario, but I’m fascinated by it. Star Wars not only shaped my world as a child, but it held my hand as I took the first steps into the larger world of cinema. Through reading about the production of Star Wars,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Nathan Smith
- SoundOnSight
From low-budget dystopias to grungy horror, here are 12 shorts that became films such as Evil Dead, Twelve Monkeys and The Babadook.
The best story ideas are often the simple and pure ones. It's little wonder, then, that so many filmmakers and storytellers start by making short films - after all, if you can tell a good story in just a few minutes, you might be talented enough to make a feature.
Cinema history is full of stories about young filmmakers getting their start by making low-budget shorts. James Cameron famously made Xenogenesis, a sci-fi short which contained lots of things that would appear in his later feature films: a giant robot with big tank tracks, a cyborg, and a heroine at the helm of a hard-hitting mecha.
The short films below vary wildly, from two-minute chillers to 30-minute post-apocalyptic science fiction, but each of them are watchable for their own reasons,...
The best story ideas are often the simple and pure ones. It's little wonder, then, that so many filmmakers and storytellers start by making short films - after all, if you can tell a good story in just a few minutes, you might be talented enough to make a feature.
Cinema history is full of stories about young filmmakers getting their start by making low-budget shorts. James Cameron famously made Xenogenesis, a sci-fi short which contained lots of things that would appear in his later feature films: a giant robot with big tank tracks, a cyborg, and a heroine at the helm of a hard-hitting mecha.
The short films below vary wildly, from two-minute chillers to 30-minute post-apocalyptic science fiction, but each of them are watchable for their own reasons,...
- 12/2/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
George Lucas' 1974 rough draft of Star Wars is now a Titan comic book. Ryan charts the script's evolution from page to screen classic...
It's like Star Wars, but refracted through a strange lens. Here's Han Solo, but he's green, like the Toxic Avenger, and has gills. Here's Luke Skywalker, but he's a powerful general with a white beard and a flinty look in his eye.
All this can be found in what is now commonly called The Rough Draft of The Star Wars, originally written by George Lucas back in 1974. A kind of mid-point between the somewhat vague ideas Lucas first had for his space fantasy movie earlier in the decade, and the fourth draft - which was used as the shooting script for the 1977 film - The Star Wars is a jarring document from the franchise's early history.
Last year, Dark Horse produced an eight-part series of comics based on The Rough Draft,...
It's like Star Wars, but refracted through a strange lens. Here's Han Solo, but he's green, like the Toxic Avenger, and has gills. Here's Luke Skywalker, but he's a powerful general with a white beard and a flinty look in his eye.
All this can be found in what is now commonly called The Rough Draft of The Star Wars, originally written by George Lucas back in 1974. A kind of mid-point between the somewhat vague ideas Lucas first had for his space fantasy movie earlier in the decade, and the fourth draft - which was used as the shooting script for the 1977 film - The Star Wars is a jarring document from the franchise's early history.
Last year, Dark Horse produced an eight-part series of comics based on The Rough Draft,...
- 9/12/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Before "Star Wars," before Indiana Jones and before "American Graffiti," George Lucas was just another film school kid trying to eke out a career. But it wouldn't take him long, with his student film kicking open the door that would lead to becoming one of the most influential blockbuster storytellers of all time. And now you can see where it all began. Though you might have seen it before, Open Culture freshly points us in the direction of "Electronic Labyrinth Thx 1138 4Eb," the short film Lucas made as a student, which showed his affinity for sci-fi tales centering on underdogs taking on oppressive authority. Lucas would expand the story to make "Thx 1138," his first feature film, but you can see the intriguing roots of his cinematic feature in this fifteen-minute take. And hey, with the director now planning to open the Lucas Museum Of Narrative Arts in Chicago...
- 6/27/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Before George Lucas’ 1971 dystopian classic Thx 1138 hit theaters — about a future in which an android police force controls the populace and mandatory drugs quell emotions and personal desires — there was Lucas’ student film the story was based on. Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb was created in 1967 while the director was still wet behind the ears, attending the University of Southern California's film school. Running 15 minutes long, Lucas cast his student short with members of the real-life Navy — as several military members were also attending USC for their studies. Most of the filming took place at night in locations the Navy granted him special access to. After 12 weeks of shooting in the USC computer center, a parking lot at...
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- 6/27/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
My life-long obsession with movies has been driven by a handful of titles including George Lucas's Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Tim Burton's Batman (1989), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998) and Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000). Over the years, some of these titles have fallen by the wayside, most notably Burton's Batman, which was trumped by Nolan's work on the Batman saga, best illustrated by The Dark Knight (2008). Still, my amour pour le cinema holds a flame for three subjects: Batman, Star Wars, and Soderbergh. On Saturday February 19th, I got to experience two of out three (and, as Meatloaf once sang, that "ain't bad."): the Director's Guild of America held a screening of Lucas's A New Hope (yes, for all of you wondering, it was the 2004 director's cut) with a special, hour-long Q&A with Lucas and Christopher Nolan.
The program began with a...
The program began with a...
- 2/21/2011
- by Drew Morton
Each year, the U.S. National Film Preservation Board selects 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" films to be added to the National Film Registry, for preservation by the Library of Congress. The program began in 1989, with 550 films now preserved. This year's choices have been announced and we're thrilled to see some wonderful genre titles among the selections.
Thankfully, the National Film Registry doesn't discriminate against any type of film genre — little known or blockbuster, horror or noir; it doesn't matter. Past choices include Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Psycho, My Darling Clementine, The Maltese Falcon, Jailhouse Rock, Night of the Living Dead and Red River. All that matters is whether a film is truly great and/or important. This year is no different.
Among the chosen for 2010 are George Lucas' 1967 sci-fi freakout Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb, George Lucas' 1980 masterwork The Empire Strikes Back, William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic The Exorcist,...
Thankfully, the National Film Registry doesn't discriminate against any type of film genre — little known or blockbuster, horror or noir; it doesn't matter. Past choices include Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Psycho, My Darling Clementine, The Maltese Falcon, Jailhouse Rock, Night of the Living Dead and Red River. All that matters is whether a film is truly great and/or important. This year is no different.
Among the chosen for 2010 are George Lucas' 1967 sci-fi freakout Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb, George Lucas' 1980 masterwork The Empire Strikes Back, William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic The Exorcist,...
- 12/29/2010
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
Since 1989 the National Film Registry has preserved films in the Library of Congress that are determined to be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Every year, they add twenty five films to their archives. Just this week they revealed the list of the next batch of movies which include two from director George Lucas. Sadly I have to admit that I haven’t seen every movie on this list. How many have you seen?
Via[Deadline]
Here is the complete list:
National Film Registry 2010 Inductees
Airplane! (1980)
All the President’s Men (1976)
The Bargain (1914)
Cry of Jazz (1959)
Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Front Page (1931)
Grey Gardens (1976)
I Am Joaquin (1969)
It’s a Gift (1934)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Lonesome (1928)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Malcolm X (1992)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
The Pink Panther (1964)
Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
Saturday Night Fever...
Via[Deadline]
Here is the complete list:
National Film Registry 2010 Inductees
Airplane! (1980)
All the President’s Men (1976)
The Bargain (1914)
Cry of Jazz (1959)
Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Front Page (1931)
Grey Gardens (1976)
I Am Joaquin (1969)
It’s a Gift (1934)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Lonesome (1928)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Malcolm X (1992)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
The Pink Panther (1964)
Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
Saturday Night Fever...
- 12/29/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
It's that time of year again, when the Library of Congress chooses 25 films to add to the U.S. National Film Registry. The films are chosen based on cultural, historical or aesthetic significance and they are preserved for future generations to study and enjoy. Some standouts from this year's crop of selections include The Empire Strikes Back, The Pink Panther, and Airplane, among the more recognizable films. Of course, the National Film Registry also deals with a wide range of cinema outside of the mainstream, including documentaries, shorts, and experimental films. In fact, usually for each film you're familiar with, there's another that you've probably never heard of previously. With the 25 new additions, the National Film Registry now contains 550 movies. Check out the full list of newly added films after the break. Airplane (1980) All the President’s Men (1976) The Bargain (1914) Cry of Jazz (1959) Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967) The Empire Strikes Back...
- 12/29/2010
- by Aaron
- FilmJunk
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) has been chosen amongst 25 other films for entry into The National Film Registry, Congress’s annual and ongoing effort to preserve films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” to the United States. But I just wonder… which version of ‘Empire’ is actually going into the archives?
Will it be the original and superior theatrical print which nobody can deny was culturally, historically and aesthetically significant to cinema – or will it be the heavily George Lucas tinkered with Se of more recent times that is all of the above but for the wrong reasons!
Presumably Lucas will insist on the latter going in as that’s his ‘completed vision’ but the Registry must insist on the original print, as that’s the film that changed cinema and not the afterthought re-working. Perhaps the answer of which cut goes into the archive is answered by the inclusion...
Will it be the original and superior theatrical print which nobody can deny was culturally, historically and aesthetically significant to cinema – or will it be the heavily George Lucas tinkered with Se of more recent times that is all of the above but for the wrong reasons!
Presumably Lucas will insist on the latter going in as that’s his ‘completed vision’ but the Registry must insist on the original print, as that’s the film that changed cinema and not the afterthought re-working. Perhaps the answer of which cut goes into the archive is answered by the inclusion...
- 12/29/2010
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Here are the 25 films the Library of Congress added to the National Film Registry for their artistic, cultural and historic significance:
1. Airplane (1980)
2. All the President’s Men (1976)
3. The Bargain (1914)
4. Cry of Jazz (1959)
5. Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
6. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
7. The Exorcist (1973)
8. The Front Page (1931)
9. Grey Gardens (1976)
10. I Am Joaquin (1969)
11. It’s a Gift (1934)
12. Let There Be Light (1946)
13. Lonesome (1928)
14. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
15. Malcolm X (1992)
16. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
17. Newark Athlete (1891)
18. Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
19. The Pink Panther (1964)
20. Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
21. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
22. Study of a River (1996)
23. Tarantella (1940)
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
25. A Trip Down Market Street (1906)...
1. Airplane (1980)
2. All the President’s Men (1976)
3. The Bargain (1914)
4. Cry of Jazz (1959)
5. Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
6. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
7. The Exorcist (1973)
8. The Front Page (1931)
9. Grey Gardens (1976)
10. I Am Joaquin (1969)
11. It’s a Gift (1934)
12. Let There Be Light (1946)
13. Lonesome (1928)
14. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
15. Malcolm X (1992)
16. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
17. Newark Athlete (1891)
18. Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
19. The Pink Panther (1964)
20. Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
21. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
22. Study of a River (1996)
23. Tarantella (1940)
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
25. A Trip Down Market Street (1906)...
- 12/28/2010
- by Terry Boyden
- BuzzFocus.com
Adhering to its mission to include as wide a variety of films possible, the Library of Congress has included four experimental movies in this year’s list of 25 films named to the National Film Registry so that they can be preserved forever. Those four films range from as far back as 1891 and as recent as 1996.
The oldest of the films is Newark Athlete by W.K.L. Dickson and Willian Heise, which was made in 1891 at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J. While the Registry lists this as an “experimental film,” judging from a brief clip provided by the Loc (below), it’s a very different usage of the term “experimental” than is thought of today.
It appears that Newark Athlete is a true experiment, a test run by Dickson and Heise using a “horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film” of an athlete swinging a pair of Indian clubs,...
The oldest of the films is Newark Athlete by W.K.L. Dickson and Willian Heise, which was made in 1891 at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J. While the Registry lists this as an “experimental film,” judging from a brief clip provided by the Loc (below), it’s a very different usage of the term “experimental” than is thought of today.
It appears that Newark Athlete is a true experiment, a test run by Dickson and Heise using a “horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film” of an athlete swinging a pair of Indian clubs,...
- 12/28/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back is to be preserved by the Us Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry. BBC News reports that the George Lucas film will be joined by the American director's student film Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb, made in 1967. Other 'culturally significant' films making the yearly list are Spike Lee's Malcolm X, about the black political revolutionary, and Saturday Night Fever. Each year, 25 films are added to the registry, which began archiving pictures in 1989. A wide variety of other movies were chosen for inclusion this year, including Robert Altman's 1971 western McCabe and Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty, Blake Edwards's The Pink Panther and Elia Kazan's first feature film A (more)...
- 12/28/2010
- by By Alex Goldberg
- Digital Spy
While all the many critical bodies are announcing their choices for the top films of 2010, a genre classic has been given a place among the all-time cinematic greats chosen to join the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry this year.
The Exorcist, William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty’s influential saga of demonic possession, is one of the 25 films selected this year to be part of the Registry, which is devoted to preserving films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”; science fiction was also cited this year with The Empire Strikes Back and George Lucas’ student short Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb, which Lucas expanded into his debut feature Thx 1138. Nominations are made each year by the public, Library of Congress staff and members of the National Film Preservation Board; for more information on the Registry and to nominate movies for next year, click here.
The Exorcist, William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty’s influential saga of demonic possession, is one of the 25 films selected this year to be part of the Registry, which is devoted to preserving films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”; science fiction was also cited this year with The Empire Strikes Back and George Lucas’ student short Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb, which Lucas expanded into his debut feature Thx 1138. Nominations are made each year by the public, Library of Congress staff and members of the National Film Preservation Board; for more information on the Registry and to nominate movies for next year, click here.
- 12/28/2010
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, John Travolta preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist communicating in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry.
The 25 films selected this year include The Empire Strikes Back, the 1980 sequel to Star Wars that many critics and fans consider the best of George Lucas' six Star Wars films. Empire shocked moviegoers with the revelation that masked villain Darth Vader was the father of hero Skywalker.
While Lucas didn't direct Empire - he entrusted it to the late Irvin Kershner - he got another film selected for the registry: the student short Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb.
The 25 films selected this year include The Empire Strikes Back, the 1980 sequel to Star Wars that many critics and fans consider the best of George Lucas' six Star Wars films. Empire shocked moviegoers with the revelation that masked villain Darth Vader was the father of hero Skywalker.
While Lucas didn't direct Empire - he entrusted it to the late Irvin Kershner - he got another film selected for the registry: the student short Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb.
- 12/28/2010
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Jedi, goofy flight attendants, a possessed young girl, and two journalists on the brink of discovery are among the characters to be honored for film preservation. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has named 25 motion pictures to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
Among the films to be preserved are George Lucas' "Return of the Jedi," "Airplane," William Friedkin's "The Exorcist," and Alan J. Pakula's "All The President's Men." This year.s selections bring the number of films in the registry to 550.
Each year, the Librarian of Congress, under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time. In other words, these films are certainly not the "best" (but we can argue that each movie truly represented high quality) but they are works of art...
Among the films to be preserved are George Lucas' "Return of the Jedi," "Airplane," William Friedkin's "The Exorcist," and Alan J. Pakula's "All The President's Men." This year.s selections bring the number of films in the registry to 550.
Each year, the Librarian of Congress, under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time. In other words, these films are certainly not the "best" (but we can argue that each movie truly represented high quality) but they are works of art...
- 12/28/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The end of the year 2010 is upon us, which means the Library of Congress is announcing what twenty five motion pictures they're going to lock into their National Film Registry. Among those on the list include "All the President's Men," "The Exorcist," "Airplane!," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "Cry of Jazz," "I Am Joaquin" and even George Lucas' student film "Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb" and his widely popular sequel "The Empire Strikes Back." Also included in the list is the war documentary "Let There Be Light." The official number of films now in the National Film Registry is up to 550, which isn't much of a surprise since this has been continuing on from the late eighties."As the nation's repository of American creativity, the Library of Congress--with the support of the U.S. Congress--must ensure the preservation of America's film patrimony," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
- 12/28/2010
- LRMonline.com
Every year the Library of Congress' National Film Registry chooses twenty-five films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time. This years bunch includes two for George Lucas-- Empire Strikes Back and his student short film, Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb. As you know Empire was directed by the late Irvin Kershner who passed away this year. The Registry also honored the work of the late Leslie Nielsen with Airplane!, and...
- 12/28/2010
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
For over 20 years now The Library of Congress has chosen a select group of films to be preserved in the National Film Registry, and this year's titles have just been revealed. THR has provided the full list of the 25 films to be preserved for all-time and once again, it's amazing to think that some of these films weren't already in there to begin with. George Lucas has two additions this year with The Empire Strikes Back and his original short Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (which launched the filmmaker's career) and other influential filmmakers like Spike Lee and the recently deceased Blake Edwards also had films included. More highlights below! Along with Lee's Malcolm X and Edwards original 1964 spawning of The Pink Panther, there are plenty of other films indicative of our culture and times. Throwing back to the days of disco, the Bee Gees laden flick Saturday ...
- 12/28/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Not bad for a gang of scruffy-looking nerf herders. The Empire Strikes Back — perhaps the greatest sequel of all time, unless Michael Corleone decides to take it out for some late-night boating — has been inducted into the National Film Registry along with the 24 other films chosen by the Library of Congress. George Lucas fared particularly well this year: Both Empire and his student film Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb will join American Graffiti and the first Star Wars as part of the collection of culturally significant films marked for preservation.
Beyond Empire, this year’s list is a strong one,...
Beyond Empire, this year’s list is a strong one,...
- 12/28/2010
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW.com - PopWatch
Since 1989 the National Film Registry [1] has preserved films in the Library of Congress that are determined to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." This year's crop of additions has been announced and it's a pretty varied group that seems to recognize lasting value of 'new' classics (The Exorcist, Grey Gardens, All the Presidents Men) and some of the achievements of people who passed this year (Airplane!, The Empire Strikes Back, The Pink Panther). Read the full list after the break. Surprisingly, George Lucas gets two nods this year with the inclusion of The Empire Strikes Back and his early film Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb. Here's the full list of 2010 additions: Airplane! (1980) All the President's Men (1976) The Bargain (1914) Cry of Jazz (1959) Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) The Exorcist (1973) The Front Page (1931) Grey Gardens (1976) I Am Joaquin (1969) It's a Gift (1934) Let There Be Light (1946) Lonesome...
- 12/28/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Every year the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress chooses 25 films to be preserved for their position as American cultural touchstones. The film registry picked some pretty awesome movies this year, movies that we all love. A few of these films honored included The Empire Strikes Back, The Exorcist, and the classic comedy Airplane. The list also includes several films from the 1970's. This program was set up in 1989 and the Film Registry now has 550 films.
Here's the full 2010 list:
Airplane! (1980)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Bargain (1914)
Cry of Jazz (1959)
Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Front Page (1931)
Grey Gardens (1976)
I Am Joaquin (1969)
It's a Gift (1934)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Lonesome (1928)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Malcolm X (1992)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
The Pink Panther (1964)
Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Study of a...
Here's the full 2010 list:
Airplane! (1980)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Bargain (1914)
Cry of Jazz (1959)
Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Front Page (1931)
Grey Gardens (1976)
I Am Joaquin (1969)
It's a Gift (1934)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Lonesome (1928)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Malcolm X (1992)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
The Pink Panther (1964)
Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Study of a...
- 12/28/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
One of the funniest comedies of the last 30 years and arguably the best movie in the "Star Wars" series have been added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
"Airplane!" and "The Empire Strikes Back" are among the 25 movies added to the registry this year. The registry isn't a best-of list, but they are films that the Library of Congress deems "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.
Among the other well-known films making the list this year are "The Exorcist," "The Pink Panther," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "Saturday Night Fever."
"The National Film Registry is a reminder to the nation that the preservation of our cinematic creativity must be made a priority," Librarian of Congress James Billington says. "Half of the films produced before 1950 and as much as 90 percent of those made before 1920 have been lost to future generations."
This year's additions bring the registry to 550 titles.
"Airplane!" and "The Empire Strikes Back" are among the 25 movies added to the registry this year. The registry isn't a best-of list, but they are films that the Library of Congress deems "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.
Among the other well-known films making the list this year are "The Exorcist," "The Pink Panther," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "Saturday Night Fever."
"The National Film Registry is a reminder to the nation that the preservation of our cinematic creativity must be made a priority," Librarian of Congress James Billington says. "Half of the films produced before 1950 and as much as 90 percent of those made before 1920 have been lost to future generations."
This year's additions bring the registry to 550 titles.
- 12/28/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
National Registry Selects ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ & ‘The Exorcist’ Among Films to Preserve Forever
The archives of the National Film Registry are quite the collection of American classics, both well-known and obscure. After all, this is the group that in the same year archived The Terminator with A Face in the Crowd, but this is because they understand to give something more mainstream and something more obscure the opportunity to stand side by side.
This mentality is reflected in the selections for this year, with Airplane! alongside McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and other choices that further push this trend forward. With that, you can see the list below, thanks to Deadline.
Airplane! (1980)
All the President’s Men (1976)
The Bargain (1914)
Cry of Jazz (1959)
Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Front Page (1931)
Grey Gardens (1976)
I Am Joaquin (1969)
It’s a Gift (1934)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Lonesome (1928)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Malcolm X (1992)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Our Lady...
This mentality is reflected in the selections for this year, with Airplane! alongside McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and other choices that further push this trend forward. With that, you can see the list below, thanks to Deadline.
Airplane! (1980)
All the President’s Men (1976)
The Bargain (1914)
Cry of Jazz (1959)
Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Front Page (1931)
Grey Gardens (1976)
I Am Joaquin (1969)
It’s a Gift (1934)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Lonesome (1928)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Malcolm X (1992)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Our Lady...
- 12/28/2010
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The Library of Congress opens up its big mystical vault once a year to toss in 25 films that it deems worthy (by stirring old clapboards into a vat of rat blood and reading the star alignment). This year was a big year that honors some of the fallen members of the community – notably Leslie Nielsen, Blake Edwards and Irvin Kershner. Safely stowed away as important cultural documents, The Empire Strikes Back, Airplane!, and The Pink Panther join 23 other films that will be forever kept in the hearts of those who care to apply for a Library of Congress library card (a three-step process that includes a photo being taken). Check the entire list (which is littered with incredible movies) below: Airplane! (1980) All the President’s Men (1976) The Bargain (1914) Cry of Jazz (1959) Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) The Exorcist (1973) The Front Page (1931) Grey Gardens (1976) I Am Joaquin (1969) It’s a Gift (1934) Let There Be Light (1946) Lonesome...
- 12/28/2010
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Seeing Darth Vader, a disco king and a little girl with a knack for turning her head 360 degrees all hanging out together in the same place would be a strange sight indeed. Unless, of course, you're talking about the Library of Congress, which has chosen these folks' respective movies to be among the 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry this year. The Empire Strikes Back, Saturday Night Fever and The Exorcist, along with such flicks as Airplane!, All the President's Men, The Pink Panther and a student film by George Lucas—Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb—will join the other 550 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" titles previously selected for...
- 12/28/2010
- E! Online
Every year the Library of Congress selects 25 films to add to the National Film Registry, a collections of films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, not necessarily the best. With only 25 films added each year and the entire span of film history to cover-- the Registry was established by Congress in 1989-- there are always plenty of titles to add each year, and 2010's lot includes a lot of movies of undeniable importance to our culture: The Empire Strikes Back, All the President's Men and The Pink Panther are all part of this year's class. It's an especially good year for George Lucas, whose student film Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb also made the lineup. There's also a bumper crop of films from the 1970s in the group; in addition to the titles listed above, the Registry now includes The Exorcist, Grey Gardens, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Saturday Night Fever...
- 12/28/2010
- cinemablend.com
The Hollywood Reporter has the list of this year's selections for the National Film Registry. Selected by the Library of Congress, these "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant will be preserved forever to ensure their availability for future generations of cineastes.
The roster this year runs the gamut, from early silents (like 1906's actuality "A Trip Down Market Street") to the avant-garde (like Larry's Jordan's 1969 collage film "Our Lady of the Sphere") to mainstream blockbusters (like disco hallmark "Saturday Night Fever"). Interestingly, there's quite a few contributions this year from major filmmakers who've recently passed away, from directors Irvin Kershner ("The Empire Strikes Back") and Blake Edwards ("The Pink Panther") to actor Leslie Nielsen ("Airplane!").
Here's the full list of the newly inducted members of the National Film Registry. All links will take you to their IMDb page (if you're interested in more detailed descriptions of all the films, you...
The roster this year runs the gamut, from early silents (like 1906's actuality "A Trip Down Market Street") to the avant-garde (like Larry's Jordan's 1969 collage film "Our Lady of the Sphere") to mainstream blockbusters (like disco hallmark "Saturday Night Fever"). Interestingly, there's quite a few contributions this year from major filmmakers who've recently passed away, from directors Irvin Kershner ("The Empire Strikes Back") and Blake Edwards ("The Pink Panther") to actor Leslie Nielsen ("Airplane!").
Here's the full list of the newly inducted members of the National Film Registry. All links will take you to their IMDb page (if you're interested in more detailed descriptions of all the films, you...
- 12/28/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Us National Film Registry's latest additions to their vault run the gamut from a controversial war documentary by John Huston to the screwball antics of Airplane!
A diminutive but wise teacher of the Jedi arts, a bumbling French detective and a charismatic but controversial African American leader can now rest easy — the movies they appeared in have been inducted into a prestigious list of "culturally significant" Us films.
In its annual announcement, the Us National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has named 25 movies which it considers ready to be added to its vault. This year's additions bring the list's total figure to 550 movies. The selection spans almost the entire history of Hollywood film-making, from 1891 to 1996.
Among the new films are two George Lucas movies from very different stages of his career. 1980's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, which Lucas wrote but did not direct, joins his 15-minute...
A diminutive but wise teacher of the Jedi arts, a bumbling French detective and a charismatic but controversial African American leader can now rest easy — the movies they appeared in have been inducted into a prestigious list of "culturally significant" Us films.
In its annual announcement, the Us National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has named 25 movies which it considers ready to be added to its vault. This year's additions bring the list's total figure to 550 movies. The selection spans almost the entire history of Hollywood film-making, from 1891 to 1996.
Among the new films are two George Lucas movies from very different stages of his career. 1980's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, which Lucas wrote but did not direct, joins his 15-minute...
- 12/28/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has made its annual addition of 25 films to be preserved for their position as American cultural touchstones. This year, the Film Registry honored the work of the late Leslie Nielsen with Airplane!, and the late Blake Edwards with The Pink Panther. They've also gone heavy on 1970s films, choosing seminal films All the President's Men, The Exorcist, Grey Gardens, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and Saturday Night Fever. The program started in 1989 and now has 550 films. Here's the 2010 list: Airplane! (1980) All the President's Men (1976) The Bargain (1914) Cry of Jazz (1959) Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb (1967) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) The Exorcist (1973) The Front Page (1931) Grey Gardens (1976) I Am Joaquin (1969) It's a Gift (1934) Let There Be Light (1946) Lonesome (1928) Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Malcolm X (1992) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Newark Athlete (1891) Our Lady of the Sphere (1969) The Pink Panther (1964) Preservation of the Sign Language (1913) Saturday Night Fever...
- 12/28/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
George Lucas’ debut feature, the sci-fi classic Thx 1138, is out now on Blu-ray. Here’s our look back at what is possibly the director’s finest film…
Of all the various attempts to bring the literary dystopias of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or Aldous Huxley's Brave New World to the screen, none succeeded in replicating the extraordinary atmosphere and tone of their source novels.
John Hurt may have been magnificent as the doomed Winston Smith, but Michael Radford's adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four never quite retained the savagery present in Orwell's stark, terrifying prose. Similarly, the 1998 TV movie of Brave New World couldn't capture the despair in Huxley's vision of a scrubbed-up future of state controlled sex and drugs.
George Lucas' debut feature Thx 1138, based on his own student film Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb made four years earlier, captured the sentiment of those...
Of all the various attempts to bring the literary dystopias of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or Aldous Huxley's Brave New World to the screen, none succeeded in replicating the extraordinary atmosphere and tone of their source novels.
John Hurt may have been magnificent as the doomed Winston Smith, but Michael Radford's adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four never quite retained the savagery present in Orwell's stark, terrifying prose. Similarly, the 1998 TV movie of Brave New World couldn't capture the despair in Huxley's vision of a scrubbed-up future of state controlled sex and drugs.
George Lucas' debut feature Thx 1138, based on his own student film Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb made four years earlier, captured the sentiment of those...
- 11/3/2010
- Den of Geek
George Lucas is a filmmaker who believes that movies are works that can be revisited and altered as the artist’s vision or his tools change. This has been a hallmark of his dating all the way back to his 1967 USC student film, Electronic Labyrinth: Thx 1138 4Eb. When Lucas and colleague Francis Ford Coppola made it from film school to Hollywood, they wound up getting the money to make a feature-version of the story as Lucas’ film directing debut. A co-production between Coppola’s American Zoetrope and Warner Bros., Thx 1138 was shot and released in 1971 to dismal results.
In the wake of his subsequent success with 1977’s Star Wars, he re-edited the film back to his original 86 minute cut, adding in five minutes, for a re-release. After tinkering endlessly with the Star Wars trilogy, Lucas decided it was time to go back and play with Thx 1138,...
In the wake of his subsequent success with 1977’s Star Wars, he re-edited the film back to his original 86 minute cut, adding in five minutes, for a re-release. After tinkering endlessly with the Star Wars trilogy, Lucas decided it was time to go back and play with Thx 1138,...
- 9/15/2010
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
George Lucas' experimental short student film, Freiheit, is extremely rare. In fact, most people have only seen about 1 minute of footage from it which is available from the USC website.
The deceptively simple 3 minute film (credited simply to "Lucas" it's hilarious to note) shows a German student escaping across the Berlin Border and being shot to death while on the soundtrack various platitudes about dying for freedom can be heard. While obviously shot in the forests of California and not on location, the film is nonetheless an interesting relic from a giant's early career. See, Lucas is often criticized as being less a director than a technician and his early films (particularly Electronic Labyrinth Thx 1138 4Eb, but also Freiheit) prove that, even early on, Lucas had a fondness for the mechanics of cinema - particularly intense sound design and montage editing techniques.
I love having a look at...
The deceptively simple 3 minute film (credited simply to "Lucas" it's hilarious to note) shows a German student escaping across the Berlin Border and being shot to death while on the soundtrack various platitudes about dying for freedom can be heard. While obviously shot in the forests of California and not on location, the film is nonetheless an interesting relic from a giant's early career. See, Lucas is often criticized as being less a director than a technician and his early films (particularly Electronic Labyrinth Thx 1138 4Eb, but also Freiheit) prove that, even early on, Lucas had a fondness for the mechanics of cinema - particularly intense sound design and montage editing techniques.
I love having a look at...
- 9/10/2009
- QuietEarth.us
"I like being thought of as a toymaker who makes films." In the summer of 1971, George Lucas talked with critic / journalist / scholar Gene Youngblood for a program entitled "George Lucas: Maker of Films," which aired on public television station Kcet in Los Angeles. Michael Heilemann of Binary Bonsai has made it available for online viewing, and it's a fascinating watch.
The interview takes place a few months after Thx 1138, his first feature, opened and died a quick death at the box office. It would be two more years before American Graffiti ignited the box office and six years before Star Wars changed everything. Young Lucas was already mighty unhappy with the Hollywood studio system. Binary Bonsai provides context for his late 60s ventures, and then in the interview, Lucas says he started the feature-length version of his short Thx 1138:4Eb in the wake of the freedom created...
The interview takes place a few months after Thx 1138, his first feature, opened and died a quick death at the box office. It would be two more years before American Graffiti ignited the box office and six years before Star Wars changed everything. Young Lucas was already mighty unhappy with the Hollywood studio system. Binary Bonsai provides context for his late 60s ventures, and then in the interview, Lucas says he started the feature-length version of his short Thx 1138:4Eb in the wake of the freedom created...
- 6/22/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
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