{"id":2189,"date":"2015-09-06T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2021-08-06T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T13:17:36","slug":"preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/2015\/09\/06\/preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>The end is built into the beginning.<\/em><br>&#8212; Charlie Kaufman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>III.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some prefer the disintegration,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and a document of time. Damage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the film over and over, each<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>slash of dark standing for shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the film, the sleepwalker walks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>again. A dust mote on the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>II.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some prefer the disintegration,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the film as a document of a time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and a document of time. Damage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>can be printed into the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the preservationists restore<br>the film over and over, each<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>actual shadow cast on a painted<br>slash of dark standing for shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the film, the sleepwalker walks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>alone in a room, over and over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>again. A dust mote on the frame.<br>Splice. Censor. The dirt, saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some prefer the disintegration,<br>the decay as part of the image,<br>the film as a document of a time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and a document of time. Damage<br>can last seconds. A mote of dust<br>can be printed into the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the preservationists restore<br>the film over and over, each<br>rescuing a bit of face, a detail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>swallowed before by vignette,<br>actual shadow cast on a painted<br>slash of dark standing for shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the film, the sleepwalker walks<br>to the edge, collapses. Is found<br>alone in a room, over and over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>again. A dust mote on the frame.<br>Splice. Censor. The dirt, saved.<br>When an actor dies, he&#8217;s archived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end is built into the beginning.&#8212; Charlie Kaufman III. Some prefer the disintegration, and a document of time. Damage the film over and over, each slash of dark standing for shadow. In the film, the sleepwalker walks again. A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9926],"tags":[22118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2191,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions\/2191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}