A Conversation with Nancy Savoca and Richard Guay
This event is free. Advanced registration is recommended.
“Movie audiences are being told that streaming has made the entire history of cinema available for a simple subscription fee… This is not true.” So reads the opening line of the Missing Movies manifesto. This invaluable organization seeks out modern films that have fallen through cracks in distribution, are in legal limbo of one sort or another, or have been quickly lost to time. This sounds like an old phenomenon: you often hear that upwards of 90% of all films made before 1929 perished. But believe it or not, it’s still happening today, and Missing Movies is on the case. Started by a group of independent filmmakers who experienced their own works getting buried, Missing Movies is dedicated to digging up and restoring lost gems from the ’80s, ’90s, and into the 21st century, making them available to audiences everywhere. Writer-director Nancy Savoca (Dogfight, Household Saints) and writer-producer Richard Guay (Household Saints, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai) are two of the main driving forces behind Missing Movies. In this special event, they talk about how movies disappear and the detective work it takes to find them. ~OO