Registry - A Podcast

A look at the song Over the Rainbow (added to the National Recording Registry in 2016) and The Wizard of Oz (an initial entry on the National Film Registry) and the meaning of the song when you look at the film, and her life.

A look at the Harry Chapin classic late 19th and early 20th Century Boxing documentary!

One of the most controversial of all the horror films of the 1930s, and in my eyes, one of the best. Todd Browning's FREAKS probably had the complex relationship with studios, director, writers, and audiences of all the films designed for frights, but it also sheds a very human light on people who were all too often dehumanized. ​

A look at Pixar's most iconic short film!

A look at an early work that influenced horror, and may have been saying something about class mobility. I was inspired to get off my butt and do the episode by the wonderful episode of Slums of Film History about Terrible Transplants!

A Disney Mickie Mouse short that should 100% be on the Registry, but somehow is not!!!!!

A Fred Astaire/Joan Fontaine film that is really starring George Burns & Gracie Allen! Oh yeah, and music by the Gershwins and a script by P.G. Wodehouse...

Does it deserve to be on the National Film Registry? Sure.

A wonderful 1980s comedy that gives an incredible view of the work place and set the stage of women-driven comedies!

A look at the legendary Fantasy film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, inducted to the National Film Registry in 2014

David Lynch's most horrifying filmn, and included on the National Film Registry in 2004-ish, I look at why it's such an important work, and why it really informs the rest of the Lynchian ouevre.

Tim Burton is a filmmaker who is often defined by his style. Ed Wood may be the film that defines him by his heart.

A look at Camille Billop's 30 minute documentary Suzanne Suzanne, added to the Registry in 2016. ​You can send us thoughts at journeyplanet@gmail.com

The first Episode of Registry in a while looks at David Lynch's first time working on a film from a TV show, and why that alone makes it worth while. Oh, and why it's a freakin' brilliant movie. If you wanna drop me a line - journeyplanet@gmail.com

The 2016 National Film Registry was announced on the 14th, and the list is remarkable! — “Life of an American Fireman” (1903) — “Musketeers of Pig Alley” (1912) — “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1916) — Films of Solomon Sir Jones (1924-1928) — “The Beau Brummels” (1928) — “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (1928) — “Lost Horizon” (1937) — “Ball of Fire” (1941) — “A Walk in the Sun” (1945) — “Blackboard Jungle” (1955) — “East of Eden” (1955) — “The Birds” (1963) — “Point Blank” (1967) — “Funny Girl” (1968) — “Putney Swope” (1969) — “The Decline of Western Civilization” (1981) — “Atomic Cafe” (1982) — “Suzanne, Suzanne” (1982) — “The Breakfast Club” (1985) — “The Princess Bride” (1987) — “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988)

A look at the wonderful experimental doc Works of Calder that features both a score by John Cage AND the voice of Burgess Meredith!!!

Lawrence Jordan, director of the National Film Registry-entrant Our Lady of the Sphere, discusses the role of film in Museums.

A massively impressive feature that explores young people in New York City in the mid-1990s. Should it be on the Registry? Listen!

Does Skater Dater belong on the National Film Registry? Can a movement to get a film included work?

The spot for Computer Graphics research in the 1960s, several films are worthy of inclusion on the registry as an example of the technical and artistic state-of-the-art.