On April 24, 2014, Anne Richardson wrote on her blog:
I took Oregon Movies, A to Z down today.
Yesterday I attended the mini-ceremony welcoming James Blue’s papers and films to the University of Oregon’s Knight Library.
When I started Oregon Movies, A to Z, I was alarmed that no one was paying attention to Oregon’s film history. I no longer have that feeling. James Fox, the head of Special Collections at Knight Library, has collected the papers of three Oregonians who made significant contributions to American film history: James Ivory, Ken Kesey and James Blue. The Cinema Studies department faculty were present and fully engaged in celebrating the acquisition of James Blue’s papers and films.
Oregon Movies, A to Z is no longer needed.
I will continue advocating for support for Oregon film history scholarship. I want to see one of the Oregon University System schools choose to develop a specialty in animation studies, including animation history, and for that school to begin a scholarly collection of books on that subject. It is not possible today to research Oregon’s animation history with the teachers and the library resources we currently possess. I am interested in changing this.
If we have world class artists, we should have world class scholars.
Speaking of which, thank you to the people who wrote in with information which helped deepen my understanding of Oregon film history!
AR
We disagree with Anne that the website is no longer needed. In her spirit, we will revive and preserve her research on this site.
This site is under construction because Anne left behind so much material that it will take years to archive.
Interviews conducted by Anne Richardson
– David Cress. David Cress Talks: How He Broke In (2012)
– Jon Jost. Jon Jost Talks: Why Oregon? (2012)
– Thomas Phillipson. Thomas Phillipson Talks: Why Portland? (2012)
– Sheldon Renan. Sheldon Renan Talks: How He Broke In (2012)
– Will Vinton. Will Vinton Talks: How He Broke In (2012)
– James Westby. James Westby Talks: Why Portland? (2012)
– Chel White. Chel White Talks: Why Portland? (2012)
Handy Guides (coming next)
– Handy Guide To Growing Independent Film Outside of LA & New York: What Portland Did Right (2011)
– Handy Guide To Top Ten Oregon Cartoonists (2012)
Movies filmed in Oregon
Coming soon
Oregon Filmmakers
Coming soon
Oregon Film Family Tree
Coming soon