"Breakfast at Tiffany's," "The Matrix" added to U.S. National Film RegistryDecember 20, 2012 - 16:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "The Matrix", "Dirty Harry" and "A Christmas Story" are among 25 movies that have been selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, TheWrap reported. "These films are not selected as the ‘best’ American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture," The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in a statement. "They reflect who we are as a people and as a nation." The selections represent a wide range of genres and eras. They include a 1914 version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," notable for having the first black actor to star in a feature-length American film, to more recent works like 1992's baseball comedy "A League of Their Own." Their is also a mixture of classic studio films like "Born Yesterday" and indie features such as "Slacker" and "Two Lane Backdrop." Documentaries include "The Times of Harvey Milk," about San Francisco’s first openly gay elected official, and "One Survivor Remembers," a short about the Holocaust. This year’s selections bring the number of films in the registry to 600. The Librarian makes the annual selections to the registry after reviewing hundreds of titles nominated by the public and conferring with Library film curators and members of the National Film Preservation Board. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |