Mary Poppins; Pulp Fiction Added to Nat Film Registry

[silverscreenselect]

Mary Poppins, Pulp Fiction, The Magnificent Seven, The Right Stuff, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf were among films added to the National Film Registry yesterday. Each year the Library of Congress selects 25 films (which must be at least ten years old) for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance. The practical effect of adding a film to the Registry means that the Library will take steps to ensure that the film remains preserved and always available for viewing. There's little chance recent films like Pulp Fiction will disappear, but about 70% of all silent movies no longer exist due to the destruction or wearing out of the original film elements, and only 14% of silent films remain available in their original 35mm format.

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-216 ... clr=rssloc

The complete list (descriptions in the citation above):

Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)
Brandy in the Wilderness (1969)
Cicero March (1966)
Daughter of Dawn (1920)
Decasia (2002)
Ella Cinders (1926)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Gilda (1946)
The Hole (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
King of Jazz (1930)
The Lunch Date (1989)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Martha Graham Early Dance film (1931-44)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Men & Dust (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Notes on the Port of St. Francis (1951)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Quiet Man (1952)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Roger & Me (1989)
A Virtuous Vamp (1919)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

[Bob78164]

I always thought that Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture that year. --Bob

[Bob Juch]

I always thought that Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture that year. --Bob

Too many people loved Forrest Gump even though its production qualities weren't as good as others.

I thought The Shawshank Redemption should have won.

[silverscreenselect]

I always thought that Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture that year. --Bob

Too many people loved Forrest Gump even though its production qualities weren't as good as others.

I thought The Shawshank Redemption should have won.

Forrest Gump was added to the list in 2011. Despite an internet campaign to have it added this year, The Shawshank Redemption has not made the list. Members of the public can nominate films, but the Library of Congress makes the final decision. The list began in 1989, and Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, and The Wizard of Oz were among the films added that year. There's now a total of 625 films on the list dating back to 1891. Decasia, which was added this year is the only film made this century on the list. Ironically, Decasia itself is a documentary about the deterioration and preservation of old films.

A complete list of the films, updated this year, is on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_film_registry