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Image Before My Eyes

1981 · Film · documentary · 90 min

Directed by Joshua Waletzky

Documentary

Using historical footage, still photographs, and live interviews, the filmmaker tells the story of Jewish life in Poland between the two World Wars. Includes scenes of urban and rural life, and covers the rise and flourishing of the many religious and secular economic, political, and social movements which characterized Jewish society at this time. Film is a broad survey rather than focusing on any particular sub-topic. Notable in that it deals with the vibrancy of the life of this population of 3.5 million, and not with the tragedy of its subsequent destruction.

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  1. NeutraltalliesMar 8, 2022

    For fun, I tried to see how many of the films on their missing movie list are currently watchable on Youtube or from public trackers

    http://missingmovies.org/list-of-missing-movies/

    Features, 15/23 available

    3 legally viewable:

    - 1 to be released on Blu-ray in May 2022: Mississippi Masala (1991)

    - 2 more on Apple TV: Gal Young 'Un (1979), Angels and Insects (1995)

    11 more available 'online':

    - 2 HD rips on public trackers from out-of-print blu-rays: Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Titus (1999)

    - 3 others have full DVD rips on public trackers: Home of the Brave (1986), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

    - 4 others have SD rips on Youtube: The Savage Eye (1959), Black Girl (1972), Deadhead Miles (1972),

    - 4 others have low-res VHS rips: Angelo My Love (1983), Baby Face Nelson (1957), Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972), Eat the Document (1972)

    3 more not yet 'online':

    - 2 have OOP DVD releases: True Love (1989), Union City (1980)

    - 1 other has an OOP VHS release: Household Saints (1993)

    5 others have no home media releases I can find:

    - Annihilation of Fish (1999), The Cool World (1963), The Marijuana Affair (1975), Nothing but Common Sense (1972), Lanton Mills (1969)

    Documentaries, 3/9 available

    0 legally viewable

    3 available 'online':

    - 1 has an HD rip on a public tracker: The Memory of Justice (1976)

    - 2 others have SD rips on Youtube: Angela Davis (1971), My Architect (2003)

    4 more not yet 'online':

    - 3 have OOP DVD releases: Ali the Fighter (1975), Image before my Eyes (1981), The Weavers (1981)

    - 1 has an OOP VHS release: Weapons of the Spirit (1987)

    2 others have no home media releases I can find:

    - Agee (1980), That Rhythm Those Blues (1988)