The project I initiated last year during our vacation in Wellington and followed up on with a week of film inspection this spring made news today, as it was revealed that a number of exciting films, some of which were thought to be lost, will be returning to the United States, eighty years after they left.

I get a mention in the New York Times piece and the Los Angeles Times piece today; other good stories on the announcement can be found in Variety and on NPR’s All Things Considered today.

UPDATE: Here’s an mp3 file of a live radio interview I did on Radio New Zealand on Monday night. While the host oversells the drama of the events, he was well-informed and a pleasure to talk to.

UPDATE 2: The story reaches its logical conclusion: incorporated into Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night monologue, rolled in with Segway and Viagra jokes.

UPDATE 3: There’s more, apparently: I get green-screened onto an anonymous cityscape in this Australian Broadcasting “Lateline” interview (direct MP4 video download).