Archival object of the day

Shelf no: K:010:2

No of pages:  4 letters

Year: 1960

Author:  Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007

Comment:  Letter in English

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Archival object of the day

Titel: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Shelf no: K:010:2

No of pages: 4 letters

Year: 1960-1971

Author: Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007

No frills.  

Archival object of the day

Shelf no: K:636

No of pages: 1 letter

Year:  1960

Author:  Kubrick, Stanley, 1928-1999

Comment:  Letter in English

No frills.  

Return to sender?

I'm sorting letters. There are some 10.000 letters to and from Bergman in the archive, only about half of which have been catalogued yet. This will keep us busy for a while. (Deciphering scrawls, or tracking down the person who signed a letter 19 September 1982 with "Lars", does take a while.)

Usually, however, we're doing just fine. The letters are neatly sorted and catalogued, before they end up in archive boxes and eventually (if at all) someone asks to read them.

How to win an Oscar (or rather, how to accept it)

Last Saturday, Leos Carax’  Holy Motors received the best foreign-language picture award by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Unable to accept the award in person, Carax sent a pretty wonderful recorded speech:

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