These Amazing Shadows

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1181 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Mariano Kurt Norton

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Jeff Adachi James H. Billington Robin Blaetz Brooks Boliek

Writer:

Douglas Blush

Paul Mariano

Kurt Norton

Fullplot:

What do the films Casablanca, Blazing Saddles, and West Side Story have in common? Besides being popular, they have also been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," by the Library of Congress and listed on the National Film Registry. These Amazing Shadows tells the history and importance of The Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself. The current list of 525 films includes selections from every genre - documentaries, home movies, Hollywood classics, avant-garde, newsreels and silent films. These Amazing Shadows reveals how American movies tell us so much about ourselves...not just what we did, but what we thought, what we felt, what we aspired to, and the lies we told ourselves.

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