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The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) (7th May 2010)
Date: 7 May 2010
Location: Colston Hall, Bristol
Time: 20:00
Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) are to collaborate on
a new score for Carl Theodor Dreyerıs classic 1928 film 'The Passion Of Joan
Of Arc'.
The film will be screened at Bristol's Colston Hall on May 7th, accompanied
by a live premiere performance of the new score. Charles Hazlewood will
conduct an eclectic group, including Utley and Gregory, consisting of six
electric guitars, members of the Monteverdi Choir, percussion, horns and
keyboards.
The music incorporates extended techniques for guitar and voices providing a
powerful landscape for this incredibly innovative and moving film about the
last days of Joan of Arc.
Long regarded as a towering masterpiece of silent cinema, the film
chronicles Joanıs trial, imprisonment, torture and execution. The story is
told using her own words from trial transcripts discovered in 1924 shortly
before her canonisation.
Dreyer shot much of the film in close up, allowing the faces of the actors
to tell the story through their expressions, inspiring many future
generations of film makers including Sergio Leone.
The original negative, was, for decades, feared lost in a fire until
incredibly, in 1981, it was discovered in a cupboard in a Norwegian mental
institution. This new print has been made available courtesy of Artificial
Eye film distributors.
This one-off performance is a unique collaboration between internationally
renowned musicians Utley and Gregory, the newly refurbished Colston Hall and
Watershed, one of the UK's leading independent cinemas.
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Location: Colston Hall, Bristol
Time: 20:00
Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) are to collaborate on
a new score for Carl Theodor Dreyerıs classic 1928 film 'The Passion Of Joan
Of Arc'.
The film will be screened at Bristol's Colston Hall on May 7th, accompanied
by a live premiere performance of the new score. Charles Hazlewood will
conduct an eclectic group, including Utley and Gregory, consisting of six
electric guitars, members of the Monteverdi Choir, percussion, horns and
keyboards.
The music incorporates extended techniques for guitar and voices providing a
powerful landscape for this incredibly innovative and moving film about the
last days of Joan of Arc.
Long regarded as a towering masterpiece of silent cinema, the film
chronicles Joanıs trial, imprisonment, torture and execution. The story is
told using her own words from trial transcripts discovered in 1924 shortly
before her canonisation.
Dreyer shot much of the film in close up, allowing the faces of the actors
to tell the story through their expressions, inspiring many future
generations of film makers including Sergio Leone.
The original negative, was, for decades, feared lost in a fire until
incredibly, in 1981, it was discovered in a cupboard in a Norwegian mental
institution. This new print has been made available courtesy of Artificial
Eye film distributors.
This one-off performance is a unique collaboration between internationally
renowned musicians Utley and Gregory, the newly refurbished Colston Hall and
Watershed, one of the UK's leading independent cinemas.
See more content about other events in the Exclusive Content Area >>
