The Archive is a collection of cinephile-friendly findings around the web, including rare or never-before-seen photos, interviews, footage or any other bits related to classic or independent cinema. If you have any suggestions, feel free to e-mail in or tweet to @TheFilmStage. Check out the rundown below.
Above, a poster for the re-release of a restored Alfred Hitchcock‘s Dial M for Murder 3D, this July in the UK. [Empire]
Andrei Tarkovsky on his favorite films. [The Criterion Collection]
Watch a short history of abandoned movie sets, including Star Wars. [Open Culture]
A photo of Marlene Dietrich and a 15-year-old Ray Bradbury. [Dangerous Minds]
Watch the oral history of the making of Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining. [Filmmaker IQ]
Every title card for Disney animations, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Wreck-It Ralph. [thegimboid]
A 1980 letter from Sidney Lumet to Martin Scorcese concerning Kodak film and the possibility of videotape becoming the new industry standard.
Watch Chris Marker‘s 1997 experimental film Level Five. [The Seventh Art]
A behind the scenes photo from Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho set.
Listen to Orson Welles‘ original 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells‘ War of the Worlds.
Buster Keaton with a Buster Keaton doll. [Now and Now]
Watch a video on the power of 70mm. [Cigs & Red Vines, who have a translation]
A 1988 letter from Harvey Weinstein to Errol Morris giving him publicity pointers for The Thin Blue Line, and listen to the interview in question. [NPR]
Watch Alfred Hitchcock direct Tippi Hedren on the set of Marnie. [Cinephilia & Beyond]
Watch David Lynch‘s eight word answer on how he feels about product placement.
See more from The Archive here and feel free to e-mail or tweet to @TheFilmStage for submissions.