Reviews
Overview
Lost Landscapes sets the Bay in motion, revolving around the myriad mobilities and means of communication that have kept Californians in touch with each other. Casting an archival gaze on San Francisco and its surrounding areas, the film revels in the textures and activities of everyday life, work and celebration, replaying known and unknown historical moments, daylighting lost and found infrastructures, revealing the scars of settlement and pointing to more hopeful futures. This year’s film is drawn from over 3,000 archival films newly scanned in the past year, including home movies, government-produced and industrial films, feature film outtakes and other surprises from the Prelinger Archives collection and elsewhere.
Other films by Rick Prelinger
Lost Landscapes 02024: Streets, People and Play: The Drama of Daily Life
2024
Lost Landscapes 02022: Bay and Gateway: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures
2022
Lost Landscapes 02021: Earth, Fire, Air, Water: California Infrastructures
2021
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 15
2020
