Thriller First Music Video Dubbed ‘National Treasure’
Thriller has officially become the first music video to be preserved by the Library of Congress. What better way to end a year where the King of Pop dominated Pop music than to dub the most famous music video in the world a national treasure?
As Thriller is admittedly the first music video to be preserved by the Library of Congress one must wonder what other music videos will be included in the years to come? How long until Michael’s sister the Queen of Pop and the Material Girl are given the same honors?
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” with its unforgettable zombie graveyard dance, has become a national treasure.
The 1983 music video directed by John Landis was one of 25 films inducted Wednesday for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
“Thriller” is the first music video in the archives. “I think it is a recognition of how much they changed the music industry in the ‘80s, and we thought it was important to represent that,” said Stephen Leggett, the coordinator of the National Film Preservation Board. “We picked this one because it was most iconic from the era.”
‘Thriller,’ ‘Muppet Movie‘ now in Library of Congress film registry [CNN]