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THE FILM INSTITUTE. The first annual report of the British Film Institute, which has now a membership of nearly two hundred, shows that a considerable amount of work has been undertaken during the year in setting up machinery which, if properly handled, could be used to tackle some of the more important problems which call for attention. Among the "advisory panels" which have been formed is one on sub-standard films, and as it is largely composed of members of the B.K.S. and apparatus manufacturers its policy with regard to the proposed new non-flam regulations will be awaited with interest. There is also a panel on documentary films, but so far not one on news-reels. In view of recent tendencies it would be exciting to see what would happen if such a panel were formed.
SINCLAIR-EISENSTEIN AGAIN. Upton Sinclair and Sol Lesser are about to release a second film, called Day of Deaths "rescued" from Eisenstein's Mexican mileage, and Seymour Stern and his storm-troops are already at their heels. The days of protesting and "debunking," writes Stern, are now over, and the future of the campaign lies in an effort to negotiate with Sinclair for a return of the negative to Eisenstein. If this is ever achieved Stern will have earned our admiration for bringing to a happy conclusion one of the most sordid chapters in the history of art.
DEATH OF JEAN VIGO. Cinema is not sufficiently rich in genius that it can afford to lose in early youth one of its most promising directors and serious experimenters. Jean Vigo, whose Atalante and J?ero de Conduite were exciting essays in imaginative realism, after a serious illness in Paris not helped by his burning enthusiasm for cinema, has passed away, leaving the ranks of the independents — in whose hands he believed lay the entire artistic future of the film — poorer by one of their most original and brilliant artists. A melancholy interest will be attached to the exhibition of J?ero de Conduite, which is to be shown by the Film Society during the coming season.
Norman Wilson.
VOLUME THREE
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