It has been quite a year for Oregon film history buffs!
Oregon used to confine its film history love to an annual celebration of The Goonies in Astoria.
But in the past year……
Katherine Wilson made Animal House of Blues (2012)
Allison Elwood & Alex Gibney made Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place (2011)
Alexia Anastasio made Adventures In Plymptoons: A documentary on the art and animation of Bill Plympton (2011)
Umatilla County Historical Society screened Nicholas Ray’s The Lusty Men (1952)
Deschutes County Historical Society screened Jacques Tourneur’s Canyon Passage (1946)
Clinton Street Theater screened Don Zavin’s Fast Break (1977)
Oregon Cartoon Institute screened Lew Cook’s The Little Baker (c. 1925)
Brian McWhorter composed and performed a new score for Ed’s Coed (1929)
John Paul plans to tour, conducting his original chamber orchestra score for F. W. Murnau’s City Girl (1930)
Matt McCormick re-issued the Peripheral Produce AUTO-CINEMATIC Video Mix Tape (1996) on DVD
Miranda July saluted her Peripheral Produce days with a Portland-centric screening at the Hollywood
David Walker lectured on Portland’s B Movies
Oregon Cartoon Institute brought Robert Johnston to lecture on Mel Blanc’s Portland
Matt Love wrote Sometimes A Great Movie
Dan Fiebiger wrote a history of Oregon filmmaker Tom Shaw
Bill Plympton wrote Independently Animated: Bill Plympton: The Life and Art of the King of the Indies
Anne Richardson presented Oregon Goes To The Oscars at Oregon Historical Society
Ken Nolley hosted a One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) retrospective in Salem
Northwest Film Center hosted mini-retrospectives of Will Vinton, Joanna Priestley, Chel White, Lawrence Johnson, Kelley Baker, Ron Finne (with Jim Blashfield upcoming ) at the Whitsell Auditorium
Anne Richardson introduced the Dill Pickle Club’s Portland film lecture series with David Walker, David Cress, Walt Curtis, Shawn Levy, Jim Blashfield, Brooke Jacobson, Matt McCormick, Joanna Priestley, Joan Gratz, Rose Bond, Tom Robinson, Tom Chamberlin, Dennis Nyback.
Michele Kribs secured National Film Preservation Board protection for The Boy Mayor (1914)
Mary Erickson’s University of Oregon dissertation on independent filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest went online
Heather Petrocelli completed her masters thesis about the Center For The Moving Image at PSU
Lucy Burningham wrote about Oregon film history in the Bend based magazine 1859
Stan Hall wrote about Oregon film history in OMPA’s annual directory
And tomorrow, Portland Monthly’s November 2012 issue hits the stands with an article by yours truly, Anne Richardson, about Portland’s history of independent filmmaking.
SCORECARD:
Number of public lectures: 15
Number of retrospectives: 9
Number of public screenings of historic films: 4
Number of films permanently protected by the Library of Congress: 1
Number of new films (about Oregon film history): 3
Number of new books (about Oregon film history): 2
Number of new scores to silent films: 2
Number of articles (about Oregon film history): 3
Number of academic papers: 2
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