Throughout 2013 I've been reading that the film would be screened this fall and then made available online at the end of the year. Screenings have been held (there's a shocking lack of discussion going on about them), it's now the end of the year, but there's no online video to be found. Anyone know when it'll be widely available?
I've been wondering about this too. It's now August 2014 and it still isn't available online? What's going on?
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http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/too-muc h-johnson-work-print
Now available for free download thanks to the National Film Preservation Foundation.
It looks like I spoke a little too soon!
Thanks for sharing. :)
I do wish they had used the score Paul Bowles had originally composed to go with the film; he eventually adapted it into the chamber ensemble piece "Music for a Farce". Several recordings of it are available online -- it only runs for 15 minutes, but I'm sure it could be adapted to run for the length of the film, section by section.
As a test, I synchronized the first part of "Music for a Farce", the Allegro rigoroso, with the first few minutes of Too Much Johnson; it matched the action PERFECTLY, even if it did end a little sooner than the scene did.
Someone really ought to try harmonizing the whole thing.
Thanks for posting the link -- extremely kind of you. I'm eager to start watching it.
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I should've posted this sooner, but at 1:45 AM - 15 minutes - TCM will be playing this.
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