Oscar feverishness is traditionally a seasonal affliction , but not any longer . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences justredesigned its websiteand added a veritable goldmine of archival clipping and pics from its gigantic lasting collection that goes way beyond the awards themselves .
The original site was build up back in 2008 , but only offered a limited feel at the organization ’s staggering — like , seriously judgment - melting — amount of old - and - new Hollywood treasures : “ 10 million photographs , 165,000 film and video assets , 80,000 screenplay , 50,000 posters , 20,000 product and costume design drawings , and 1,400 extra appeal . ” Yowza .
Now , with the help of LA - based entertainment marketing agencyTrailer Park , it ’s an interactive online hub where that textile can be surfaced and search . This phylogeny is amazing for film rooter , and such a smart move on the Academy ’s part — one that align with the develop course ofcultural institutions give free access to their archive .
Folks can time travel back throughold Oscars ceremoniesor plan ahead on the upcomingEventspage , but the most fun are the newCollections . The squad selected 11 subjects to begin — from movie icons like costume legendEdith Headand anime visionaryHayao Miyazakito classic flicks likeJawsandPulp fable — and populated each of these pages with video , simulacrum , sketch , behind the scenes stuff , and even newspaper clippings from the production on through to theatrical release . evidently more are already in the whole kit , which is slap-up , because all this does is make me want more more more : More media , more film , more everything . ( I ’ve have my fingers crossbreed Gene Kelly and/or Singin ’ in the Rain are next up … )
The whole revamp is also a slap-up way to start out stoke pursuit in the newAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures , which is set to open on LA ’s Miracle Mile in 2017 . local anaesthetic may beambivalentabout the vaporous Death Star - meets - Epcot blueprint by architectRenzo Piano , but if this on-line introduction is any indication , it will be home to a hell of a lot of unbelievable artefact . Here ’s some of my favorite find from theCollections ; visitOscars.orgfor more .
The Wizard of Oz : This early Tin Man epitome never made it to the big filmdom .
jaw : Steven Spielberg films the right way at the vainglorious fashion plate — a savage which required 40 crew technicians to address .
Hayao Miyazaki : A storyboard survey from My Neighbor Totoro .
Alfred Hitchcock : The man himself has a laugh on the set of Vertigo with Kim Novak .
The Blues Brothers : They ’re on a mission from God ( even off - photographic camera ) .
Guillermo del Toro : One of the theatre director ’s notebooks from Cronos , with notes about set design and props .
flesh Fiction:“‘C’est la vie , ’ say the old folks , it goes to show you never can tell . ”
Gregory Peck : A smart as a whip lover missive from a young son who enjoy Peck in The Omen . ( From the Gregory Peck Papers at the Margaret Herrick Library . )
Edith Head : Here , she enclose character and costume footage for Audrey Hepburn ’s bend inRoman Holidayin 1953 . ( They both won Oscars for their roles . )
All images courtesyOscars.org
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