Moscow will host a silent movie festival
In Moscow, with the support of the State Central Museum of Cinema and the project "Cinema in the Hall" of the Association "Exhibition Halls of Moscow", a silent movie festival entitled "Don't Shoot the Pianist!" This was announced in an official press release received by the editorial staff of the "Novosti Kino" portal. The festival starts on the City Day, September 10, 2016, at the GRAUND "Khodynka" gallery. "On the City Day, we bring to your attention short movies of the 1900-10s, created in France and USA," said the representative of the Museum of Cinema Milena Musina: - Like the audience of the beginning of the century, you will see a program of movies of different genres and types. ”In those days, no one was embarrassed that during one movie show a comic strip was replaced by melodrama, melodrama - scientific movie, and scientific movie - extravaganza This, by the way, the pictures were not separated by title and end credits and went in a single stream, merging into one, sometimes quite absurd spectacle. " In the program – the famous extravaganza of the magician and screen wizard Georges Melies "Journey to the Moon" (1902), as well as masterpieces of pre-revolutionary volumetric animation of the famous Vladislav Starevich "Dragonfly and Ant" (1912) and "Revenge of the Cinematic Operator" (1913). Beginning at 19 o'clock. Admission is free. The movies of the festival will be shown on movie, with musical accompaniment performed by an experienced taper and talented improviser Arseny Trofimov. Viewers will be able to see how an authentic 35mm movie projector works and hear a story about cinema technology. Lovers of the history of cinema will be able to get acquainted with the masterpieces of silent cinema once a month within the framework of the festival, which will last until July 2017. The Topic of Article: Moscow will host a silent movie festival. |
