1001 Films (1989)

An ode to film preservation, it presents a night-time visit to a seemingly depopulated repository (presumably the Royal Film Archive of Belgium), juxtaposing a series of images of observation, reconstruction, and projection using film fragments - from the hand-painted, altered image frames of Georges Méliès' Kingdom of the Fairies to the iconic image of Louise Brooks - to turn the archive into a temporal wonderland of novel discoveries, hidden treasure, re-awakened curiosity, and critical re-assessment.

Released Jan. 1, 1989 8 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.roll-of-film, imdb.film-restoration, imdb.film-negative, imdb.film-making, imdb.film-reel

Production Companies: Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief (Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique)

Country: Belgium
Languages: No Language, Dutch