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A lost film is a feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive.

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[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sideways-related, but I was just commenting on Erich von Stroheim's classic Greed film. It was originally like 9hrs, but only 2hrs were rescued, at thought presumed to exist for many decades.

Later, in the early aughts (2000's), a bunch of images and clips were found, leading to the creation of a restored 4hr version.

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