CINÉCONCERT with NEUVĚŘITELNO (CZ) – PAUSE meets CINEAST
Sunday 23 October at 11.00
Neimënster (tickets)
An incredible trio of musicians playing live to a 101-year old Frankenstein-like Czechoslovak film
For its collaboration with CinEast, Neimënster’s “Pause” cycle of musical matinées presents a somewhat spooky menu – live soundtrack to the century-old motion picture The Arrival from the Darkness. But fear not, even though the storyline is reminiscent of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein project, there is little risk that you will need to cover your eyes in dread… The film directed by Jan S. Kolár – the Czechoslovak D.W. Griffith, one could say – was restored in 2013. It was only during restoration that historians discovered that all existing prints made after 1950 were made from a negative that had two of the film reels switched. Back then the film was considered obscure and mysterious.
The screening will be accompanied by the Czech/Italian trio Neuvěřitelno, Andrea Rottin, Jan Procházka and Tomáš Majtán, which is truly incredible. And not only because Neuveřitelno uses the actual word for incredible as their name. If our calculations are correct, the three of them play 11 instruments (not counting knives and other kitchen utensils by the piece). From guitars and kazoos to drums and kalimba, they play it all. The band uses this wide array of instrumentation, machinery and voices to accompany numerous silent films and their musical output, melting rock, blues and jazz, the project tries to capture the soul of any given film in the best possible way. For them, the film is always the priority. With a résumé that includes cinéconcerts at the Cinémathèque française and the Barbican Centre, Luxembourg’s audience might well be in for an unusual treat.
(Source: http://www.cineast.lu)
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