1001 Films

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.

Country:

Belgium

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

8 minutes

Year:

1989

Director:

André Delvaux

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Company:

Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief

Cast:

(archival)

Crew:

Director