from www.goethe.de:The International Silent Film Festival is back with a bigger and better lineup! This year, original participants Goethe-Institut Manila, Instituto Cervantes and Japan Foundation are joined by the embassies of the Czech Republic, France and Italy in treating moviegoers to screenings of classic silent films scored live by local bands. In addition, some of the films will also be shown with the original score in Listening In Style.
The German contribution to the festival is the 1919 Ernst Lubitsch film “The Oyster Princess (Die Austernprinzessin)”. In it, a pampered American oyster tycoon (Victor Janson) decides to find a prince to marry his daughter (Ossi Oswalda), but things don't go quite as planned. Along the way, there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed. Director Ernst Lubitsch was said to have “the Lubitsch touch”, a hard-to-define quality that makes his films masterpieces of sophisticated comedy. As this early and rare film makes clear, the Lubitsch touch was present almost from the beginning. Accompanying the film is a live score by legendary guitarist Noli Aurillo.
Other films to watch out for in the festival are “Cabiria” from Italy, “Erotikon” from the Czech Republic, “Cascading White Threads” (Taki-no-shiraito) from Japan, “The Black Man With A White Soul” (El negro que tenía el alma blanca) from Spain and “Faces of Children” (Visages d’ enfants) from France.
2nd International Silent Film Festivalen
26 August - 08 September 2008
Shang Cineplex Cinema 1, Shangri-la Plaza
FILMS WITH LIVE MUSIC
7pm, Shang Cineplex Cinema 1, Shagrila-la Plaza
Tickets: P75 (Advance selling available)
August 26 - The Black Man with a White Soul (El negro que tenía el alma blanca), Spain
music by Novo Concertante Manila
August 27 - Cascading White Threads (Taki-no-shiraito), Japan
music by Bob Aves
September 2 - Faces of Children (Visages d’enfants), France
Music by JackRufo with Yosha
September 3 - The Oyster Princess (Die Austernprinzessin), Germany
music by Noli Aurillo (with Louie Talan, Wendel Garcia and Kakoy Legaspi)
September 4 - Cabiria (Italy)
music by Caliph8 (with Malek Lopez and Matt Deegan)
FILMS WITH ORIGNAL SCORE:
7pm, Shang Cineplex Cinema 1, Shagrila-la Plaza
Tickets: P75
August 28 - Erotikon (Czech Republic)
FILMS WITH ORIGNAL SCORE:
5pm, Listening In Style, 5/F Shangri-la Plaza
Free admission
August 29 - The Black Man with a White Soul (El negro que tenía el alma blanca), Spain
September 5 - Cascading White Threads (Taki No Shiraito), Spain
September 6 - Faces of Children (Visages d’enfants), France
September 7 - The Oyster Princess (Die Austernprinzessin), Germany
September 8 - Cabiria (Italy)
Thanks to Jowein for posting this.
9 comments:
namimiss ko na ang old skool cineuropa... sa sm megamall.
mas ok ang film fests sa shang kasi hindi matao yung lugar. mas malapit pa sa mrt station :-)
agreed. pero mas sopistikado... nakakailang sa mga street-looking na taong tulad ko.
kebs. i'm a scruffy guy myself, pero wala akong pakialam sa posh crowd ng shang. actually, mas gusto ko yung laid back ng atmosphere nung mall.
I think they moved everything to Shang already.
Sept-Oct, we'll be looking forward to the Aussie film fest, Pelikula, and CineEuropa!
Whee! (Halatang bum lang eh noh.)
hahaha. parang gusto ko ring maging bum. maski for a month lang.
i know what you mean.
and unfortunately, i can't afford to disappear. at least not yet.
manunuod ako!! wahahaha!
gusto ko yung may live band to play the score. para talagang feel mo yung pagka-1920s nung pelikula. :-)
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