A Thousand Cuts: The Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0721Z212V |
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| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Authors Dennis Bartok and Jeff Joseph examine the FBI's and Justice Department's campaign to harass, intimidate, and arrest film dealers and collectors in the early 1970s. A Thousand Cuts explores the obsessions of the colorful individuals who created their own screening rooms, spent vast sums, negotiated underground networks, and even risked legal jeopardy to pursue their passion for real, physical film. The book includes the stories of film historian/critic Leonard Maltin, TCM host Robert Osborne discussing Rock Hudson's secret 1970s film vault, RoboCop producer Jon Davison dropping acid and screening King Kong
"A Vanished World" according to Timothy L Mayer. A Thousand Cuts is a painful book to read. It’s painful to me because I remember the vanished world of 16mm film collectors who used to populate the cinema landscape. Once upon a time, in another life, I ran a film society. Through my thankless efforts to show movies and publish a journal devoted to film, I became acquainted with the collectors where I lived. They were a di. "Not a Balanced Book" according to John Benson. In recent years the increased interest in the restoration of films of all eras and genres has led to a symbiosis between collectors who have one-of-a-kind material and the studios and institutions restoring the films. An example is The Vitaphone Project, which tries to match the audio discs of early sound films in the hands of collectors to the film, which often is in the vaults . Mark Kausler said Captures a By-Gone Era in more Ways Than One. Terrific read, I couldn't put it down! There were people I know on almost every page, and I found out some information on old friends that I wish I HADN'T found! However, it's a story of Film Collectors that had to be told, and when I finished the book, I wanted it to go on forever. If you love motion picture FILM, NOT VIDEO, buy this book and enjoy it. It chronicles an era that