Cinephiles honored by Cinephiles!

Anyone who follows this blog will know that David and I have visited the Cinematek in Brussels many times to watch movies and take frame enlargements for our many projects. Indeed, we started way back in 1979, long before the blog was started in 2006. Belgium may be a small country, but its holdings of films from all over the world and every period since the beginnings of cinema are immense. I have often said that we could not have written Film History: An Introduction without the hospitality of the Cinematek. I don’t think that’s much of an exaggeration. We visited other archives as well, but none as frequently. When David received a Fulbright grant for research abroad in 1984, we spent the autumn semester in Brussels, renting an apartment and settling in for what was the longest visit to an archive in our careers. Our relationship with the Cinematek has been one of mutual admiration. One result of this has been an immense honor that the Cinematek staff has bestowed upon us. They…