AFI TO SHOW CLASSIC FILMS ON WEB SITE.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer The American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase , setting another cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. milestone, announced Wednesday that it will start presenting classic films over the Internet in their entirety for the first time later this month. The organization, one of the leaders in promoting movie preservation, will launch AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación OnLine Cinema on Jan. 22 with the 20-minute Charlie Chaplin comedy ``The Rink,'' released in 1916, complete with a musical score. The site is www.afionline.org/cinema. ``This is a watershed watershed, elevation or divide separating the catchment area, or drainage basin, of one river system or group of river systems from another system or group of systems. The term is also often used synonymously with drainage basin. moment in the continuing effort to bring entertainment to a worldwide audience over the Internet,'' said Don Harris, AFI's director of on-line media. ``For the first time in (the) history of the World Wide Web The World Wide Web ("WWW" or simply the "Web") is a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is a service that operates over , anyone anywhere across the globe will be able to log on and watch a classic Hollywood movie in its entirety, on-demand and complete with sound.'' A variety of independent films and video clips A short video presentation. are already available over the Internet, but users usually need to wait for most of an hour for the video data to be downloaded into the user's computer before viewing takes place. AFI said it has surmounted sur·mount tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts 1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer. 2. To ascend to the top of; climb. 3. a. To place something above; top. this problem by using VDOnet Corp.'s VDOLive streaming software, which can be loaded into the PC in a few minutes to allow for instantaneous viewing. Harries said the print for ``The Rink'' was made from a relatively clear negative in cooperation with Film Preservation Associates, Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. On Video and Michael Mortilla. ``We determined that this was the best negative out there,'' he said. In the film, Chaplin creates his trademark chaos as a waiter in a restaurant. The pratfall-laden action and several of the characters then shift to an ice rink and then to a party. Los Angeles-based AFI plans to start showing a 1921 silent, Buster Keaton's ``The Boat,'' in February with the goal of starting a program of classic movies, based on the response to the first films. ``This is part of our effort to start digitalizing our archives,'' Harries said. ``Mostly, we're doing this to expose people to this heritage.'' AFI launched the AFI OnLine Web site in 1995, located at www.afionline.org. The site includes Cinemedia, described as the Internet's largest film and media directory with links to more than 10,000 other sites. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) The American Film Institute will launch its on-line movie site on Jan. 22 with Charlie Chaplin's ``The Rink.'' |
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