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Post by kaliszewski on Jan 19, 2008 20:21:56 GMT -5
Last night, in the delightful end-o'-January below-zero chill (the feeling of which a local DJ just likened, for out-of-staters, to slapping yourself across the face fifty times or so-- an apt comparison, I think) we went to Orchestra Hall to listen to Osmo Vanska and his gang perform the orchestral accompaniment to a screening of Charlie Chaplin's 1930 film City Lights. Oh, for INCREDIBLE. Silent films are engaging as it is. Add a live world-class orchestra, and you'll melt right into the screen. Which about a thousand of us did. The place was packed. How gratifying to listen to people laugh at-- and cry at-- and applaud something like that, seventy-eight years later, so to say. Next week, the Minnesota Orchestra is taking a swing at Battleship Potemkin. We'll be there for that one, too. Now if they'd only fire up the score for Metropolis....
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Post by brittany on Jan 19, 2008 23:59:15 GMT -5
That's odd. I learned about/watched those films in my Intro to Film class last semester. I wish I could listen to a live orchestra along them though! You're lucky! ...and I'm jealous.
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Post by caseycolin on Jul 31, 2010 7:48:29 GMT -5
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Post by sirsonata on Jan 21, 2012 18:54:03 GMT -5
Ive been meaning to watch this movie for a while now actually. I'll try to see it soon.
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