Watch: 'The Collection' Short Doc About Movie Ads Letterpress Plates

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Now this is a sweet find. Movie geeks of all ages need to take a moment to watch this short doc, titled The Collection, made by filmmaker Adam Roffman. “The Collection is a short documentary about two friends, DJ Ginsberg and Marilyn Wagner, and their discovery of an astonishing and unique collection of movie memorabilia, comprised of over 40,000 printer blocks and 20,000 printer plates used to create the original newspaper advertisements for virtually every movie released in the United States from the silent period through 1984, when newspapers stopped using the letterpress format.” Once you’re done watching, you can see more photos of the plates on the film’s website. Wish I could see them in person. What an excellent doc. ›››

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