Hi all, I have three reels of 35mm suspected as nitrate and confirmed by my local film archive recently. They want to dispose safely of the film via a third party… And don’t recommend that it is taken back into a domestic environment as they told me it will invalidate my house insurance. I’m torn between recklessly wanting it back to set fire to myself (!) and document as an artwork. I have very little idea what is on it apart from it’s 1920s (and presumably not thought to be significant if the archive want to destroy it). It’s not in bad condition and has just been sitting in my studio for the last three years. I suddenly panicked about it spontaneously combusting after watching Bill Morrison’s Dawson City: Frozen Time, which includes lots of footage of film setting on fire!
Any recommendations, thoughts, warnings, advice from an artist filmmaker perspective, rather than an archival perspective, are welcomed. Mary _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
