The Terminator - "Ah'll be back, in the Library of Congress."

"The Terminator" is headed for the Library of Congress. Here's what the press release said:

Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time. These films are not selected as the "best" American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring significance to American culture.

And there is "The Terminator" along with "Deliverance" and "A Face in the Crowd." Here's this year's list of works significant to American culture to be preserved for all time:

1) The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
2) Deliverance (1972)
3) Disneyland Dream (1956)
4) A Face in the Crowd (1957)
5) Flower Drum Song (1961)
6) Foolish Wives (1921)
7) Free Radicals (1979)
8) Hallelujah (1929)
9) In Cold Blood (1967)
10) The Invisible Man (1933)
11) Johnny Guitar (1954)
12) The Killers (1946)
13) The March (1964)
14) No Lies (1973)
15) On the Bowery (1957)
16) One Week (1920)
17) The Pawnbroker (1965)
18) The Perils of Pauline (1914)
19) Sergeant York (1941)
20) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
21) So’s Your Old Man (1926)
22) George Stevens WW2 Footage (1943-46)
23) The Terminator (1984)
24) Water and Power (1989)
25) White Fawn’s Devotion (1910)

Many of these movies have been shown on tv, and maybe TCM will run them all sometime soon. (Via Science not Fiction.)

Updated 1/7/09, three of these films are available for viewing at archive.org. There's Disneyland Dream (1956), a home movie made by a family that won a free trip to Disneyland. One Week (1920) with Buster Keaton. He and his new bride attempt to put together their new portable house within the time suggested by the instructions. And Femmine Folli (Foolish Wives, 1921) directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim.

Comments

[Janie]

Happy New Year, George!

[Geo]

Thanks Janie. I hope 2009 is a very good one for you and yours.