Hi Monique, When I published The Queer Movie Poster Book back in 2005 with Chronicle Books I definitely relied on Fair Use. In cases of small distribs where I had easy contacts I went ahead and requested permission letting them know I had no money to pay. When I asked Fine Line if I could use the Hedwig poster they said their standard charge was $1,000 for use and I explained that unless they could waive the fee I would simply have to eliminate the film from the book (thankfully they went ahead and waived the fee).
FYI — I do also own a pretty nice 16mm IB Tech print of The Million Eyes of Sumuru (tho I do not have any rights, just the print). It is an amazing film. Best, Jenni ------------------------------------------------ Jenni Olson Writer-Director, The Royal Road <http://royalroadmovie.weebly.com/> A cinematic essay set against a contemplative backdrop of 16mm urban California landscapes, The Royal Road offers up intimate reflections on nostalgia, the pursuit of unavailable women, butch identity and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo alongside a primer on Junipero Serra's Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War. Featuring a voiceover cameo by Tony Kushner. Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:53:24 +0000 From: "Threatt, Monique Louise" <mthre...@indiana.edu <mailto:mthre...@indiana.edu>> Subject: [Videolib] Looking for Rights to reuse photographs from the film "The Million Eyes of Sumuru" (1967) To: "'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu <mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>'" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu <mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>> Message-ID: <0bb384ec792a414c97922fcc28ec4...@bl-cci-exch01.ads.iu.edu <mailto:0bb384ec792a414c97922fcc28ec4...@bl-cci-exch01.ads.iu.edu>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, I have a doozy of a request. I have a scholar from Russia who is trying to track down permission to reuse images from the film "The Million Eyes of Sumuru," (1967). He is also interested to find archival resources as well. I've checked the imdb.com <http://imdb.com/> database, but I was unable to find a link to the original production company. Worldcat lists UCLA Film & Television Archives as owning a film print. However, when I visited the UCLAF&TA website and searched their catalog, this title did not appear. Any help is greatly appreciated about where a person might find the rights to reuse images from this film, as well as which archive, if any, has film memorabilia, etc. Best, Monique Head, Media Services Herman B Wells Library Indiana University Bloomington
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