MEDIA: "Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!" Added to National Film Registry

Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!/Por Favor, No Me Entierren Vivo! (1976) directed by Efraín Gutiérrez has been selected for induction into the National Film Registry. On December 17 the Library of Congress named 25 films of "cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance” to America’s cinematic heritage for preservation for future generations. There are now 650 films in the registry.

 

Considered the first Chicano feature, the film was recovered by CSRC director Chon A. Noriega in the late 1990s and then restored and preserved by the CSRC in collaboration with the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Numerous media outlets covered the announcement of the registry list for 2015; several paid special attention to Gutiérrez's film.

 

Coverage with special attention to "Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!":

VOXXI, "National Film Registry Adds First Chicano Film," January 5, 2015

Deadline Hollywood, "'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Ferris Beuller' & More Added to National Film Registry," December 17, 2014

The Hollywood Reporter,"'Ferris Bueller,' 'Big Lebowski,' 'Rio Bravo' Enter National Film Registry," December 17, 2014

San Antonio Express-News, "S.A. Filmmaker Gutierrez's 'Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!' Inducted into National Film Registry," December 17, 2014

USA Today, "'Lebowski,' 'Beuller,' Added to  Film Registry," December 17, 2014

Variety, "'Big Lebowski,' 'Willy Wonka' Among National Film Registry's 25 Selections," December 17, 2014

The Washington Post, "Library of Congress Adds 'Big Lebowski,' 24 Others to National Film Registry," December 17, 2014

 

General coverage:

Boston Herald, "'Big Lebowski,' 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Among National Film Registry's 25 Selections," December 17, 2014

CNN, "'The Big Lebowski' Now Preserved for All Time," December 18, 2014

L.A. Entertainment Insider Examiner, "Latest Films Added to Library of Congress' National Film Registry," December 17, 2014

Los Angeles Times, "25 Titles Added to National Film Registry," December 17, 2014

Moviezine, "'Big Lebowski,' 'Willy Wonka' Among National Film Registry's 25 Selections," December 17, 2014

New Jersey Herald National News, "'Saving Private Ryan' Among 25 Films Being Preserved," December 17, 2014 (AP reprint)

New York Daily News, "'Big Lebowski,' 'Saving Private Ryan,' and 'Ferris Beuller's Day Off' Added to National Film Registry," December 17, 2014 (AP reprint)