photo courtesy of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
...the 2010 San Francisco Silent Film Festival,
now showing over four days.
[full line-up here]
Actually, that photo resembles the Castro Theater
with the escaping steam generated by the sold-out
shows throughout the festival.
It'll be interesting to see if an extra day will
affect the attendance.
Nearly everyone I know in town attends at
least one show.
I'm especially interested in Rotaie,
A Spray of Plum Blossoms,
The Flying Ace and Haxan
- and of course the newly expanded Metropolis.
Any suggestions or comments about the rest of the program?
4 comments:
Oh, suddenly came this touch of grey! Congratulation for new design. From optical point of view, It's more readable, for an astigmatic like me, though my own blog is darker than night. I've started a series of posts for MUBI (auteur) Notebook, all based on film frames. you might like it, or to be honest, I desperately need the professional opinion of another frame addict: http://mubi.com/notebook/posts?author_id=115
Just saw HAXAN this evening, at a small theatre here in Detroit, a fledgling outfit. Some young musicians performed a live soundtrack, ambient/electronic with the occasional screech and wail. The visuals are pretty amazing, the subject matter a little disturbing, dealing with the suffering of the innocent, inflicted upon them by the ignorant and powerful (think Inquisition). Saw METROPOLIS just this past Sunday, very impressive overall, but almost too hectic and bombastic at times. Still, a film everyone must see at least once in their lives, now especially. VICTIMAS DEL PECADO shows this Saturday, I have it on DVD but I still have to see it on the big screen, looking forward to it. And SPARROWS is showing in mid-July with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing the score. This summer? So far, so good.
Ehsan,
Thanks, I'll go have a look-see.
I like the gray now too. I rarely see my blog on computers other than my own and I realized the old template didn't some across as well on other screens.
Guy,
I think ambient soundtrack would match the film quite well. I'd much rather have experimental music than something conventional such as rock'n'roll. And I didn't realize that Detroit was a film town. It's exciting, I hope the screenings were well attended.
Actually yes, they were both well attended. The Detroit Film Theatre (part of the Detroit Institute of Art)is recently renovated, and really quite beautiful (I actually saw William Burroughs speak in the DFT auditorium back in the Eighties, got his autograph). The HAXAN film was in a small auditorium in what used to be a school, and it was near to a full house, surprising for two reasons, 1) because it was given almost no promotion (I found out through our local public radio station), and 2) because it was sweltering hot during the film, with a fan offering feeble comfort. Detroit's got a ways to go before it becomes a film town in the truest sense, but the promise seems to be there.
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