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| Bristol Silents | A Word From Our Patrons...
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Lord
Attenborough
Actor, Director & Producer
Lord
Attenborough instantly agreed to be a Patron of Bristol Silents:
"It was a silent movie - Chaplin's The Gold Rush - that
convinced me where my future lay. Silent films, in an astonishingly
brief time, created an entirely new and unprecedented art form,
that at its best has a power that has never been surpassed.
Every film maker of today can and must still find great inspiration
in the silents".
Lord Attenborough's visit to Bristol Silents last year to introduce
his biopic Chaplin will not readily be forgotten by the lucky
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Kevin Brownlow
Film Historian and Author
"Bristol
Silents is an inspired idea. It is the first time anyone has
linked their community to the lost art of silent films. By showing
how irresistible they are and by carrying the programmes to
other towns, Bristol Silents could easily set off a chain reaction."
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Paul Merton
Television Host & Comedian
Paul accepted our invitation to become a Patron of Bristol Silents
following our sell-out 'Paul Merton discusses Buster Keaton'
event with him in February 2002.
A huge silent comedy fan, Paul's favourites are Keaton and Chaplin.
Paul has accepted our invitation to host another silent comedy
event for us in January 05. |
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Paul McGann
Actor
Paul's passion for history and
world war one following his acclaimed
television series The Monocled Mutineer in the 80s lead him
to agree to be involved with our screening of classic WW1 Silents:
The Big Parade and Battle of the Somme.
Paul makes regular contributions to both our live events and
club screenings. Paul has also recently begun writing for our
journal Silents
Please. |
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David
Robinson
Director of the Giornate del Cinema
Muto Silent film festival, Film
Critic and Author
Bristol
Silents is a remarkable initiative, which in little more than
a year has made a national and an international impact, and
is recognised as a valuable ally by such well-established archivally-based
manifestations as Cinema Ritrovato of Bologna and the Giornate
del Cinema Muto of Pordenone, Italy.
The special achievement of Bristol Silents has been to demonstrate
that the silent cinema is not just a quaint byway for nostalgists,
but remains a vital and self-contained art, with many lessons
to teach modern filmmakers, and many pleasures and surprises
to stimulate contemporary audiences.
By screening films like SUNRISE or THE CROWD in proper theatrical
conditions and with the kind of musical accompaniment originally
intended to complement them, Bristol Silents is rapidly creating
a new audience and a new appreciation for these rewarding and
too-long neglected monuments of 20th century culture.
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