From: Adam Hyman (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2007 - 09:09:40 PST
Dear Ted,
Thank you for the information. I'll contact them. If some are only
available in tape, then I'll screen on tape, c'est la vie, but maybe a print
or two will be available.
How was the Jutra & Brault series?
Best regards,
Adam
-- Adam Hyman Los Angeles Filmforum email suppressed email suppressed Www.lafilmforum.org On 11/19/07 6:12 AM, "Ted Barron" <email suppressed> wrote: > Adam, > > I programmed a series of Claude Jutra and Michel Brault films at the > Harvard Film Archive earlier this year. I contacted the New York > offices of the NFB for prints. They were very slow to respond but when > they did, they were able to provide most of the films I was seeking. > The problem was that most of their material is only available in Beta SP > format. I also contacted the Cinematheque quebecoise and they had one > or two prints I was able to borrow. I am not sure whether they limit > their loans to AMIA-member archives but it would be worth the effort to > contact them to see what is possible. The contacts are listed below. > > Best of luck. > > Regards, > > Ted Barron > > NFB contacts > Dylan McGinty - email suppressed > Laure Parsons - email suppressed > > Cinematheque quebecoise > Stephanie Cote - email suppressed > > On 11/18/07 1:24 PM, Adam Hyman wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'd like to get a couple of films from the National Film Board of Canada to >> screen at Filmforum. I've called the general number, spoke with someone who >> asked for an email to pass it along, and I haven't heard anything in reply. >> I can't find a number on their elaborate website. Can anyone tell me who the >> correct contact person is there to rent prints for screenings? >> >> And, while we're at it, does anyone have an opinion on "Of Sport and Men", >> text by Barthes, film by Aquin? How about other films by Aquin? >> >> "Le sport et les hommes" >> Le sport et les hommes / Of Sport and Men, documentaire de 58 minutes, 1961. >> Réalisation : Hubert Aquin. Texte : Roland Barthes. Production : Office >> national du film du Canada. >> http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/index.php?id=11015 >> >> Best regards, >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> > > > __________________________________________________________________ > For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>. __________________________________________________________________ For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.