'Clueless,' 'Inception,' and 'The Incredibles' are among the 25 films being added o the Library of Congress' National Film Registry for preservation.
, the first installment of Richard Linklater’s trilogy of films with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; Lawrence Kasdan’s revered filmcalling the Film Registry’s preservation work “so important because it keeps the integrity of cinema alive for multiple generations.
” He added, of seeing’s inclusion, “I’m just proud to have walked in these shoes, and I try to pay that legacy forward. Film preservation is a way of taking that legacy and paying it forward to future generations.” The Film Registry’s class of 2026 spans nearly 120 years of film history. The oldest selection is 1896’s, a silent film that was previously considered lost until it was rediscovered in the National Library of Norway in 2021. It boasts a classic comedy plot, in which a tramp tries to steal a pie off a windowsill, only to be chased away by “a broom-wielding housewife and her dog.” The Film Registry also noted it contains one of the first known instances of “pants humor,” which is — you guessed it — a bit where a “character loses his pants during an altercation.” about the couple behind the Supreme Court case that overturned laws banning interracial marriage. The most recent film on the Film Registry’s list is Wes Anderson’s celebrated 2014 film,As Anderson explained, he and his collaborators relied heavily on the LoC’s collection of Photochrome prints — hand-colored black-and-white photographs from the turn of the century — when conceiving the film’s historical setting. “The views and images that we were looking for, the architecture and the landscapes that we wanted, they don’t exist anymore,” he said. “We went through the entire Photochrome collection, which is a lot of images. We made our own versions of things, but much of what is in our film comes directly from that collection from the Library of Congress.”, a 1956 musical considered one of the last great ones of Hollywood’s Golden era. It starred Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and his band, and Grace Kelly, in what would be her last movie before retiring and marrying the Prince of Monaco. , was also included after receiving the most public support . Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed film, about the titular group of studio musicians who played on an array of hit songs during the Sixties and Seventies. To celebrate this year’s Film Registry class, Turner Classic Movies will host a TV special on March 19, during which it will broadcast some of the 25 films picked for preservation. Jacqueline Stewart, who chairs the National Film Preservation Board, will introduce the films. Oscar Predictions: From Inevitable to Unpredictable, How 'Sinners' Upended the Race OvernightUGG Dropped Its Cutest Valentine’s Day Collection Yet — Here’s How to Get Their Exclusive Pink Tazz Slippers & Ultra Mini BootsFYI: Ulta Is Giving Away an Exclusive Limited-Edition Squishmallow for Free — Here's What You Need to Do to Snag Yours
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