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This is a unique entry, as it is a "modern" film (1991) that was almost lost due to neglect. Edward Yang’s four-hour Taiwanese masterpiece was stored in a warehouse that flooded. Only one 35mm print existed in decent condition, and it was scratched and faded. The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project (a division started in 2007) stepped in. They worked with the Cineteca di Bologna and Taiwan’s archives to scan the original negative, which had turned yellow. After a digital reconstruction that took over a year, the film was re-released in 2016. Critics hailed it as the greatest film of the 1990s, a title it could only claim because The Film Foundation saved it.

Established in 1990 by director Martin Scorsese, The Film Foundation films restored by the film foundation

The goal is never to make an old film look "new." It is to make it look as it did on its opening night—authentic, vibrant, and alive. This is a unique entry, as it is

This is a unique entry, as it is a "modern" film (1991) that was almost lost due to neglect. Edward Yang’s four-hour Taiwanese masterpiece was stored in a warehouse that flooded. Only one 35mm print existed in decent condition, and it was scratched and faded. The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project (a division started in 2007) stepped in. They worked with the Cineteca di Bologna and Taiwan’s archives to scan the original negative, which had turned yellow. After a digital reconstruction that took over a year, the film was re-released in 2016. Critics hailed it as the greatest film of the 1990s, a title it could only claim because The Film Foundation saved it.

Established in 1990 by director Martin Scorsese, The Film Foundation

The goal is never to make an old film look "new." It is to make it look as it did on its opening night—authentic, vibrant, and alive.

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