Following the Bees:

I was talking to Mark Kausler yesterday and I am happy to report that his nitrate print of the 1938 Mexican film Las Abejas (The Bees) is at UCLA and in the process of being copied. It may be a while before it is in a form to be shown to the public but the elements will be safe and the restoration will no longer be under the ticking specter of deteriorate film stock. Here is a link to the original story: the bees.

Be sure that I will keep you informed on the steps of the process as it develops (no pun intended). This is the first time I have been this close to film preservation. I hear that there is a certain watching paint dry pace to the process but I am finding in riveting.  ¶ 5:39 AM