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Paul Wegener and THE GOLEM (1920)
Paul Wegener and THE GOLEM (1920)
Paul Wegener (1874-1948) is generally regarded the first auteur of the German Cinema. Read about The Golem here.
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Coming Soon: Against The Rails
Coming Soon: Against The Rails
This is a still of the B.S. produced film, Against The Rails, which was premiered at Slapstick 2007.
SLAPSTICK GALA NOW ON SALE
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Slapstick festival's eighth silent comedy gala at Colston Hall is on sale from June 16th 2011.
The SILENT COMEDY CLASSICS featuring Buster Keaton's comic masterpiece The General (1926) features three masterpieces of silent comedy presented by a top celebrity host (to be announced) and accompanied by world class live musical accompaniments.
Colston Hall Link
The SILENT COMEDY CLASSICS featuring Buster Keaton's comic masterpiece The General (1926) features three masterpieces of silent comedy presented by a top celebrity host (to be announced) and accompanied by world class live musical accompaniments.
Colston Hall Link
THE LOST WORLD NEWS
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We are delighted to announce a collaboration with Scissor Sister's keyboard player and musical director John 'JJ' Garden.
John has composed a new score for live accompaniment to silent motion silent epic THE LOST WORLD.
Of the new score John says,
"The sound of the score references classic sci-fi movies of the 70s and 80s, yet still retains the flexibility of the 1920s accompanist who would improvise their score to the picture. I will be improvising the score like in the old days, but using modern technology to hopefully achieve a sound that echoes my boyhood memories of seeing this classic silent movie. I probably didn't differentiate between a silent movie from 1925 and something contemporary like Star Wars or Bladerunner back then, so in my head I am re-imagining the score as if the film was released sometime between 1975 and 1980, with an appropriately synth-heavy sound to it.
I hope that it enhances the movie and reminds people what a great achievement it was for cinema and the future of sci-fi and fantasy movies in particular"
Intially we have three shows planned in June to showcase the film in the South West with the premiere screening in Totnes at The Barn Cinema followed by screenings at The Curzon in Clevedon and Arnolfini in Bristol.
John has composed a new score for live accompaniment to silent motion silent epic THE LOST WORLD.
Of the new score John says,
"The sound of the score references classic sci-fi movies of the 70s and 80s, yet still retains the flexibility of the 1920s accompanist who would improvise their score to the picture. I will be improvising the score like in the old days, but using modern technology to hopefully achieve a sound that echoes my boyhood memories of seeing this classic silent movie. I probably didn't differentiate between a silent movie from 1925 and something contemporary like Star Wars or Bladerunner back then, so in my head I am re-imagining the score as if the film was released sometime between 1975 and 1980, with an appropriately synth-heavy sound to it.
I hope that it enhances the movie and reminds people what a great achievement it was for cinema and the future of sci-fi and fantasy movies in particular"
Intially we have three shows planned in June to showcase the film in the South West with the premiere screening in Totnes at The Barn Cinema followed by screenings at The Curzon in Clevedon and Arnolfini in Bristol.
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