Musiche e film delle avanguardie storiche

Accompagnamento dal vivo dell'Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna diretta dal maestro Timothy Brock. - E-subtitles in Italian and English. Viewed at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, 5 July 2008
Entr'acte. FR 1924. D: René Clair. Partitura originale di Erik Satie. Print: Centre Georges Pompidou. /18 fps/ 16 min
La donna è mobile / Oh wie so trügerisch. DE 1908. Fonoscena. PC: Cinophon Alfred Dusles. Starring Enrico Caruso. Print: Filmarchiv Austria, restored with optical sound by Lobster Films. 3 min
Lichtspiel Opus 1. DE 1921. D: Walther Ruttmann. Print: Centre Georges Pompidou. Partitura originale di Max Butting restaurata da Timothy Brock. 11 min
L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise. FR 1908. PC: Pathé Frères. D: André Calmettes, Charles Le Bargy. Original score: Camille Saint-Saëns. Print: AFF / CNC. /16 fps/ 11 min
Motion Painting No 1. US 1947. D: Oskar Fischinger. Music: J.S. Bach: 3. Brandenburgisches Konzert. Print: Fischinger Trust / Center for Visual Music
Le Ballet mécanique. FR 1924. D: Fernand Léger. Original score: George Antheil. Print: Centre Georges Pompidou. 375 m /18 fps/ 19 min - "In this performance, everything, with the exception of the propellers' sound, will be played live and by humans, including the piano, the xylophone, and the siren parts. The score calls for: glockenspiel, small airplane propeller sound, large airplane propeller sound, gong, cymbal, woodblock, triangle, military drum, tambourine, small electric bell, large electric bell, tenor drum, bass drum, 2 xylophones, 4 pianos, and a siren" (Timothy Brock)
A magnificent concert bringing together legendary original scores of the silent era and pioneers of visual music.

Julius Pinschewer’s Commercials Part I: Ads of the Avantgarde

/ / DE / 1912-1930 / Pinschewer, Julius / commercial

Showcase of the pioneering producer of experimental commercials. Brilliant prints from Bundesarchiv Berlin. 18 fps. Pordenone, Cinema Verdi, Monday, 13 October, 1997.

Nähkasten, Der (1912) Prym push-buttons. A living sewing-kit.

Tanz der Flaschen I (1912) Maggi sauce. Dance of Maggi bottles.

”Dort wo der Rhein…” (1927) AN: Walther Ruttmann. Hand-coloured. Kölnische Zeitung. Newsworld montage.

Am Nil (1921) Excelsior tyres. Even crocodile’s teeth fail to damage them.

Wunder, Das. Ein Film in Farben (1922) AN: Walther Ruttmann. Hand-coloured. Kantorowicz liquor. Two faces. *

Wiedergefundene Paradies, Das (1925) AN: Walther Ruttmann. Hand-coloured. Florists. ”Lasst Blumen sprechen”.

Aufstieg, Der (1925) AN: Walther Ruttmann, Lore Leudesdorff. Hand-coloured. GESOLEI exposition. Bauhaus.

Spiel der Wellen (1926) AN: Walther Ruttmann, Lore Leudesdorff. Hand-coloured. AEG. Radio waves.

KIPHO (1925) FX: Guido Seeber. Kino-Photo-Ausstellung. A vision of the cinema.

Im Filmatelier (1927) AN: Hedwig Otto, Gerda Otto. Bayer’s Aspirin. Puppet animation.

Kirmes in Hollywood. Ein Puppenspiel (1930) AN: Hedwig Otto, Gerda Otto. Nestlé’s chocolate. Keaton vs. Jannings.

Barcarole, Die (1924) AN: Lotte Reiniger. Mauxion chocolate. Romeo and Juliet as silhouettes.

Chinesische Nachtigall, Die (1929) Tri-Ergon disks of Tonbild-Syndikat. 42mm transfer to 16mm. *