Hi Hermione,

I'm wondering what disappointed you at the end. I think Poliakoff was showing what actually happens to a collection like that, if someone can find a home for it. He said that a similar scenario actually occurred to the archives of an old British film studio, which was bought out and about to be destroyed when one lone woman took boxes of stuff home to sit in her living room until she found an American buyer, George Lucas.. and now they all sit in a room at Luke Skywalker ranch.

Acc. to Poliakoff, the whole business has been very tragic.. for the archives.. and for the people involved in caring for them. I cried buckets at the end of Shooting the Past, but it was definitely one of the best films I've seen in a while.. the way he used and showed the art of photography was mindblowing and so absorbing.

Sue