Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

Though a bit overlong and lacking a strong structure, this frequently fascinating documentary nevertheless shows how cultural ephemera can bring the past to life, in ways both instructional and inspirational.

Inspired and inspiring.

For a documentary largely about archives, it should be better organized, but its breathless profusion of information underscores the scale of the task at hand.

Gradually, these sequences coalesce into a fascinating patchwork quilt of enthusiastic conservationists and curators, dedicated to a monumental effort that is often underfunded and, in the grand scheme, underappreciated.

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory is an essential documentary for anyone interested in cinema. This film unflinchingly and brilliantly recounts the effort to save film and cinematic history.

An exhaustive, illuminating, and inspiring call to action for all lovers of film.

Amidst a wealth of recovered archival footage, both commercial and otherwise, Teran includes interviews from archivists based everywhere from Thailand to Norway to Manhattan...

Well-intended and by and large competent, but it feels very stolid and very familiar.

...celebrates the cultural importance of the medium as well as the many people who work to see that the films of today and yesterday will be available to be seen well into the future.

A must see for anyone who has ever been dazzled by the sleight of hand that is a movie. Your appreciation for the art form and the dangers it faces will increase geometrically.