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Restoring old films is both difficult and expensive, but well worth the price.
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Restoring old films is both difficult and expensive, but well worth the price.
Unsuitable films were burned after the Islamic regime took over Iran. But one man stashed away reels and reels of banned and western movies – to thrill a new generation in secret film clubs
Counting Stanley Kubrick and Michael Powell among his friends, the late David Meeker MBE was an archivist with an unrivalled knowledge of cinema and passion for building the national collection.
As controller of the BFI, Hardcastle oversaw the expansion of the National Film Theatre, the launch of the London Film Festival and the founding of the Museum of the Moving Image.