Music and Film - Special Events

Film concert: Man with a movie camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom)
Director: Dziga Vertov, UdSSR 1929, 68 min, 35 mm, bw, silent
Actors: Mikhail Kaufman, Music: Michael Nyman

Th, November 6 8:00 pm Staatstheater Großes Haus

"Man with a movie camera" is an extraordinary piece of film-making, a montage of urban Russian life showing the people of the city at work and at play, and the machines that keep the city going. It was Vertov's first full-length film, and he used all the cinematic techniques at his disposal-dissolves, split screen, slow motion and freeze-frames-to produce a work that is exhilarating and intellectually brilliant. It was Vertov's formal inventiveness and energetic lyricism which inspired Nyman to create his new score for this radical experiment of the Soviet cinematic avant-garde.




Solo concert Michael Nyman

"Manhatta"

Michael Nyman has put together a special solo programme for the International filmfest. He accompanies the first American avantgarde silent film, "Manhatta", on the piano and follows this with piano compositions for films from the 90s, "Piano", "Wonderland" and "Gattaca". The Braunschweig State Orchestra will also play Nymans third string quartet. The climax of the evening is the silent documentary film, "A propros de Nice", contrasting the wide social differences in Nice.




Music Master Class with Siegfried Tesche: Michael Nyman

Th, November 6 5:00 pm CinemaxX 3 Guest: Michael Nyman

Siegfried Tesche

Siegfried Tesche works as a freelance journalist for film, television and publishing houses since 1980. He wrote for "Cinema" magazine and several daily and weekly papers. Tesche is considered Germany’s leading James Bond expert and owns one the largest collection of James Bond memorabilia worldwide. At the filmfest he will host the Music Master Class and interview British film composer Michael Nyman.




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