Movies The Dark Knight, A Clockwork Orange, Shrek, Grease, Hurt Locker, 20 others added to Library of Congress

[SaysWho?]

The Dark Knight, Shrek to be preserved by the Library of Congress

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The two films join 23 others in showcasing the diversity of cinema’s history

 

 

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Each year, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry in order to preserve remarkable entries in the cinematic canon for future generations. This year, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and the ecstasy of Dreamworks’ Shrek are among the additions.

 

“This is not only a great honor for all of us who worked on The Dark Knight, this is also a tribute to all of the amazing artists and writers who have worked on the great mythology of Batman over the decades,” Nolan said in a statement.

 

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Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant, and at least 10 years old. The current Librarian of Congress — and in the case of the 2020, that’s Carla Hayden — makes the annual selections after conferring with members of the National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) and a “cadre of Library specialists.” The public also nominates their own essential films; in 2020, the organization received more than 5,500 submissions.

 

Chronologically:

 

1. Suspense (1913)
2. Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
3. Bread (1918)
4. The Battle of the Century (1927)
5. With Car and Camera Around the World (1929)
6. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
7. Outrage (1950)
8. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
9. Lilies of the Field (1963)
10. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
11. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
12. Wattstax (1973)
13. Grease (1978)
14. The Blues Brothers (1980)
15. Losing Ground (1982)
16. Illusions (1982)
17. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
18. The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)
19. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
20. The Ground (1993-2001)
21. Shrek (2001)
22. Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2006)
23. The Hurt Locker (2008)
24. The Dark Knight (2008)
25. Freedom Riders (2010)

 

 

The Library of Congress deserved a better class of criminal, and Nolan and Co. gave it to them. That library belongs to them now.

[CastlevaniaNut18]

TDK is probably my favorite movie of all time. I never get tired of watching it. 

 

I fucking hate Grease, though. 

[SaysWho?]

1 minute ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

TDK is probably my favorite movie of all time. I never get tired of watching it. 

 

I fucking hate Grease, though. 

 

I introduced the trilogy to the lady, and she thoroughly enjoyed it, but TDK was definitely my favorite to watch with her because the Joker was legitimately scaring her. There was that scene where Bruce goes undercover during the funeral and finds those men stripped of their clothing because the Joker and his men took it so they could shoot Gordon. Before the reveal and before one of the men explained what happened, she pieced together what happened and then went, "Oh no...."

 

Watching the movie again, the Joker's presence is near relentless. So good.

 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

I think I'm due for another watch of the trilogy. 

 

Soon. 

[TheLeon]

These list are always strange. 

[Keyser_Soze]

Greatest song ever made