Saturday, April 16, 2005

Intersections of Word and Image, First Weekend (Nuoren Voiman Liitto, weekend event 2005)


Charles Taze Russell: The Photo-Drama of Creation (FR/US 1914).  The poet Mikko Myllylahti provided a poem commentary to the section dealing with sacred rituals in Japan, China and India in the grandiose silent Kulturfilm.

LEIKKAUKSIA ELÄVÄSTÄ SANASTA ELÄVÄÄN KUVAAN I. Orion, Helsinki, 1517 April 2005 (first weekend). The Nuoren Voiman Liitto society of young poets and writers arranges a film event during two weekends. The concept: writers meet the cinema.

Friday 15 April 2005
THREE SHORT SILENTS ACCOMPANIED BY POETS
The Photo-Drama of Creation (FR/US 1914, Pathé Journal edition) non-fiction on sacred rituals in Japan, China, and India / accompanied by poet Mikko Myllylahti
Entr'acte (FR 1924, René Clair) the Dadaist short / accompanied by poet Eino Santanen
At Land (US 1944, Maya Deren) American avantgardist short / accompanied by poet Saila Susiluoto
This unique experiment was quite successful. The initiative came from the poets, themselves, and they carried it out very effectively. This is a new development of the original commentator / lecturer / benshi / musical accompaniment practice.

Saturday 16 April 2005
SANNA NYQVIST LECTURE: HENRY PARLAND: THE WRITTEN IMAGE
A fascinating 90 min lecture on Henry Parland, the 1920s Finnish Modernist who wrote in Swedish and was also a visionary film essayist. One of his topics was Brigitte Helm. After the lecture, Brigitte Helm's Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna was screened in the luminous restored 1999 version to the Maurice Jaubert music.

Sunday 17 April 2005
ANTTI NYLEN LECTURE: ECRITURE AND ROBERT BRESSON
An excellent view of the film form and the serious substance of Bresson, with many excerpts from the films. Finland has been a great Bresson land for a long time, also reflected in this event. After the lecture, Au hasard Balthazar was screened in a brilliant print.

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