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But is it a collectible work of art? Those who own it are trying to find out. In an unusual twist even for a picture outside the norms — its Oscar-winning lead, William Hurt, paused his red-hot career to play a film-struck homosexual for almost no fee when that still seemed more suicidal than savvy — David Weisman, the movie’s producer, and David S. Phillips, who joined him later in acquiring its rights, are planning in coming weeks to offer “Kiss of the Spider Woman” for sale as an artwork. By that, they mean an object of beauty. The film is now available in its entirety — its copyright, negatives, prints, digital video masters and more — along with a carefully preserved archive that includes 313 boxes of 35-millimeter outtakes, five drafts of the screenplay by Leonard Schrader and a stack of rejection letters from studio executives who were sure that the movie would never work.

✖ Via The New York Times: “Movie’s Owners Want to Know if a Film Is Fit for Framing” by Michael Cieply, July 9th, 2010

First spotted via Bifurcations, Sarah Choukah’s research blog. Learn more about her work here.

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✖ Via All Things Amazing (LiVEJOURNAL): “Portrait of an Artist” by Paul Cardon, c. 1900.

“Paul Cardon, called Dornac (1858-1941, also known as Paul Marsan) was a photograph and publisher who took the portraits of the Paris society, between 1887 and 1917. His photographs were often published by the illustrated press. The famous serie “Nos Contemporains chez eux” shows the celebrities in their intimate spaces.” (source:Photo Central, where you can find another copy of the same photo).

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