Archival Treasures

Archival Treasures

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Archival Treasures
  • Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

    Directed by Anna Maria Tatò • 1997 • Italy
    Starring Marcello Mastroianni

    Italian-cinema icon Marcello Mastroianni starred in more than a hundred films over the course of his astonishing, half-century career, though he will perhaps always be best remembered for the six masterpieces he made with F...

  • KLUTE in New York

    This short documentary from 1971, directed by Elliot Geisinger and produced by Michael Mindlin, Jr., was made during the production of KLUTE.

  • Jon Voight Screen Test

    Presented here are excerpts from Voight's original, improvised screen test for MIDNIGHT COWBOY, conducted by screenwriter Waldo Salt.

  • Melvin Van Peebles, 1971

    In this segment from the television show “Detroit Tubeworks,” director Melvin Van Peebles promotes his film SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG on the occasion of its Detroit opening weekend, in 1971.

  • “Cinépanorama”: Alain Delon, 1962

    This interview with actor Alain Delon, conducted and directed by François Chalais, first aired on the French television program “Cinépanorama” on November 24, 1962. Delon discusses working with director René Clément, with whom he would make four films: PURPLE NOON (1960), THE JOY OF LIVING (1961)...

  • Jane Birkin, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and co. on LA PISCINE

    LA PISCINE was one of the biggest art-house and commercial successes of 1969, due in part to the on-screen reunion of the former lovers Alain Delon and Romy Schneider. This selection of archival production and promotional footage features Delon, Schneider, actors Jane Birkin and Maurice Ronet, an...

  • Split Screen: Christopher Walken Cooks

    Christopher Walken cooks with Julian Schnabel and a guy named Cha-Cha. From Season 9, Episode 1.

  • John Ford, 1968

    This extensive 1968 interview with John Ford, by British journalist and television presenter Philip Jenkinson, features the legendary filmmaker discussing a wide variety of topics, such as the western genre, John Wayne, race representation, STAGECOACH, and violence.

  • Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni on “The Dick Cavett Show,” 1977

    Actors Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni had famous on-screen chemistry and appeared in many films together. While in New York to promote A SPECIAL DAY, they recorded an interview for “The Dick Cavett Show.” The resulting hour-long conversation was shown over two episodes, originally broadcas...

  • Soul in Cinema: Filming SHAFT on Location

    This short program was shot on location and in the recording studio during the production of SHAFT in 1971. It features director Gordon Parks, actor Richard Roundtree, composer Isaac Hayes, and other members of the cast and crew.

  • Split Screen: S8-E2 Godzilla Revealed

    A visit with Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima, better known as the original Godzilla; T. J. and Beth Larson take a look at the filmmaking juggernaut that is Billy Graham Ministries; Maggie Hadleigh-West’s profile on Karen Riposo and her multiracial children’s performing arts program featuring Jacob ...

  • Irene Dunne on THE AWFUL TRUTH

    The following illustrated audio interview with actor Irene Dunne was conducted by film scholar James Harvey in 1978.

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967

    Directed by Agnès Varda • 2022 • France
    Starring Pier Paolo Pasolini, Agnès Varda

    Agnès Varda takes a walk with Pier Paolo Pasolini through 1960s Times Square and records his thoughts on aesthetics, religion, and reality vs. fiction.

  • SPLIT SCREEN: Projections: Wes Anderson

    In this installment of Projections, John Pierson speaks with director Wes Anderson about his early filmmaking experiences making BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS. Original airdate 10/02/2000.

  • The Oshima Gang

    This behind-the-scenes featurette was produced in 1983 and includes interviews with MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE actors David Bowie and Tom Conti, author Laurens van der Post, director Nagisa Oshima, and producer Jeremy Thomas, among others.

  • PARIS IS BURNING on “The Joan Rivers Show”

    This episode of “The Joan Rivers Show,” which originally aired in 1991, features director Jennie Livingston and ball community members Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Freddie Pendavis, and Ninja.

  • Ingmar Bergman on PERSONA

    In the following excerpt, taken from an interview recorded for Canadian television in 1970, director Ingmar Bergman recalls a stay in the hospital when the idea for PERSONA came to him.

  • Roberto Rossellini on JOURNEY TO ITALY

    The following introduction by director Roberto Rossellini was shot for “Roberto Rossellini Presents,” a 1963 French television series that broadcast his films. It was directed by Jean-Marie Coldefy.

  • The Influence of TOM JONES

    In the following interview, recorded in York, England, in October 2017, film scholar Duncan Petrie explains how TOM JONES’s production, cinematic style, and enormous financial success changed the landscape of British filmmaking.

  • Rossellini Under the Volcano

    In this 1998 documentary, director Nino Bizzarri visits the island of Stromboli almost fifty years after the making of Roberto Rossellini’s film. There, he interviews actor Mario Vitale, who plays Antonio in STROMBOLI; members of the film’s crew; and villagers who recall the production.

  • Split Screen: S5-E3 Animal Talent

    The Sweet Sunshine animal Talent Agency; RAT WOMEN: an excerpt from filmmaker Minkie Spiro’s short; what happens to the puppies and dogs left too long at the pound; a visit to Wall Street to try to raise some indie cash. Original airdate 09/07/1998

  • The Lineup

    Director Jean-Pierre Melville and actors Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, and François Périer discuss the filmmaker’s style, acting, and LE SAMOURAÏ, in this collection of archival interviews. These clips, from the Institut national de l’audiovisuel, Paris, were originally broadcast on ...

  • Split Screen: S3-E1 The Blair Witch: I Want to Believe

    Sam Saldivar no-budget sci-fi thriller THE GIANT KILLER; one minute films loops with Gustav Deutsch at Windsor, ON’s Kinnotek Cinema; looking for the mysterious “Lady In Red” at Slamdance ’97; revisiting the Blair Witch—a look at the footage found in the muddy duffel bag. Original airdate 04/06/1998

  • Split Screen: S2-E5 Enter BLAIR WITCH, HANDS ON A HARDBODY

    Sunflower City: Lawrence, KS, the home of the family owned Sunflower Cable system, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS; HANDS ON A HARDBODY: an excerpt from Robb Bindler’s incredible documentary; The Blair Witch Project: a three-crew documentary team disappears deep in the woods of Maryland. Original airdate 0...