Bill Foster was director of the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon, now known as PAM CUT: Center for an Untold Tomorrow, from 1981 to 2018. In this interview, conducted by Robert H. Peirce in approximately 1990 at a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, Foster discusses the history of film as an art form, and talks about the creation of early film preservation organizations. He speaks about the history of the Northwest Film Center, about the development of the center’s programming, and about the center’s relationship with the Portland Art Museum and Portland State University. He closes the interview by describing the film center’s administrative structure and funding sources. An unidentified woman was also present.