THEME EXPLORATION

archival restoration

14 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
2016 · Shirley Clarke
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
1977 · Chris Marker
Neil Young Trunk Show
Neil Young Trunk Show
2009 · Jonathan Demme
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Death Agony of the Eagles
The Death Agony of the Eagles
1922 · Julien Duvivier
Untitled WWI Documentary
Untitled WWI Documentary
2018 · Peter Jackson
Bushi no kakeibo (Abacus and Sword
Bushi no kakeibo (Abacus and Sword
2010 · Yoshimitsu Morita
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 · Lasse Hallström
Age of Bloom
Age of Bloom
2001 · Wong Kar-Wai
Cora
Cora
2024 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
MexZombies
MexZombies
2022 · Chava Cartas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guy Maddin Canada

His films deliberately mimic deteriorated archival footage and lost cinema aesthetics, transforming restoration and decay into a poetic visual language.

 Nia DaCosta Portugal

He extensively restores and re-examines his own archival materials and the forgotten histories of marginalized communities, treating cinema itself as an archaeological practice.

 Agnès Varda France

Her documentary work obsessively excavates personal and collective memory through found footage, photographs, and archival materials, reconstructing histories that risk disappearance.