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To Save and Project: The Fifth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
June 1–18, 2007
The films in To Save and Project were preserved through the collaborative efforts of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and the world's leading commercial studios and distributors. Virtually all are having their New York premieres, and some are shown in versions never before seen in the United States. This year's edition features gorgeously preserved masterworks and rediscoveries, including a weeklong theatrical run of Andy Warhol's The Chelsea Girls (1966); films by Luis García Berlanga, John Cassavetes, Gordon Douglas, Otto Preminger, and Satyajit Ray; and two wartime gems, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's thriller The Spy in Black (1939) and Roberto Rossellini's A Pilot Returns (1942). Also presented are the New York premieres of several silent classics, all with live piano accompaniment, including Giovanni Pastrone's innovative and influential Italian spectacle Cabiria (1914), Jean Renoir's Whirlpool of Fate (1925), and King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925). To Save and Project features powerful nonfiction films like Lionel Rogosin's On the Bowery (1957) and Lindsay Anderson and Guy Breton's Thursday's Children (1954), as well as a diverse selection of experimental works by filmmakers such as Adam Beckett, Morgan Fisher, Hollis Frampton, Ray Harryhausen, John and Faith Hubley, and Pat O'Neill. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of Tom Sokolowski and Geralyn Huxley (The Andy Warhol Museum) and Callie Angell (Whitney Museum of American Art) in the presentation of The Chelsea Girls.
Organized by Steven Higgins, Acting Chief Curator, Joshua Siegel, Assistant Curator, Anne Morra, Assistant Curator, and Leigh Goldstein, Executive Assistant, Department of Film.
Related Film Screenings
Upcoming
Past
Faces
1968. USA. John Cassavetes. 130 min.
Cabiria
1914. Italy. Giovanni Pastrone. Approx. 180 min.
The Chelsea Girls
1966. USA. Andy Warhol. 195 min.
The Spy in Black
1939. Great Britain. Michael Powell. 82 min.
The People at No. 19
1949. Great Britain. J. B. Holmes. 18 min.
Romancero Marroquí
1939. Spain/Germany. Enrique Domínguez Rodiño, Carlos Velo. 85 min.
¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall! (Welcome, Mr. Marshall)
1953. Spain. Luis García Berlanga. 78 min.
KoKo's Earth Control
1928. USA. Dave Fleischer. 8 min.
Verdens Undergang (The End of the World)
1916. Denmark. August Blom. Approx. 77 min.
Nayak (The Hero)
1966. India. Satyajit Ray. 120 min.
La Fille de l'eau (Whirlpool of Fate)
1925. France. Jean Renoir. Approx. 70 min.
Isabelle aux dombes
1951. France. Maurice Pialat. 9 min.
Daisy Kenyon
1947. USA. Otto Preminger. 99 min.
Terje Vigen (A Man There Was)
1917. Sweden. Victor Sjöström. Approx. 57 min.
I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951. USA. Gordon Douglas. 83 min.
Women's Film Preservation Fund Program
The Women's Film Preservation Fund (WFPF), part of New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), was established in 1995 in association with MoMA to preserve films in which women have played a significant creative role. Since its founding, this important initiative—the only fund of its kind in the world—has supported the preservation of more than sixty films made between 1919 and 1990.
Homage to Magritte
1974. USA. Anita Thacher. 10 min.
For the Soul of Rafael
1920. USA. Harry Garson. 78 min.
Pretty Poison
1968. USA. Noel Black. 89 min.
It Sudses and Sudses...and Sudses
1962. USA. Sid Laverents. 9 min.