Documenting Lost Documents

In Praise of Rescuing Lost Stories

Image: Daniel Spoerri working, Paris, Shunk, Harry; Kender, Janos (July 3, 1961)/Getty Digital Collections

Whenever I come across a broken link, I gasp. I pull up Archive.org, the vast backup of broken links, and I indulge the impulse. I noticed this first in 2012, when I tried finding full footage of the Watch the Throne documentary. I caught wind that there was a full 45 minute version out there, and the 10 minute one was definitely not enough…