{"id":2215,"date":"2010-06-07T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2010-07-14T19:01:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T03:01:59","slug":"new_zealand_news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/06\/07\/new_zealand_news.html","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The project I initiated last year during our vacation in Wellington<\/A> and followed up on with a week of film inspection this spring<\/A> 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. <\/p>\n

I get a mention in the New York Times<\/I> piece<\/A> and the Los Angeles Times<\/I> piece<\/A> today; other good stories on the announcement can be found in Variety<\/i> and on NPR’s All Things Considered<\/I><\/A> today.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/B>: Here’s an mp3 file of a live radio interview I did<\/A> 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.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2<\/B>: The story reaches its logical conclusion: incorporated into Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night monologue<\/A>, rolled in with Segway and Viagra jokes.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 3<\/B>: There’s more, apparently: I get green-screened onto an anonymous cityscape in this Australian Broadcasting “Lateline” interview<\/A> (direct MP4 video download).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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