Movies: Dr. Raymond Fielding

An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States....

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters....

Saget’s short film is a precursor to his subsequent successful career as a stand-up comedian. In the film, he projects himself as a successful art-house filmmaker, like Bergman or Fellini, and proceeds to poll passing pedestrians about their knowled...