German Silent Film Festival : Classic German
Silent Films by Fritz Lang
Film screenings
August 4, 11, 18, 25, 2005
Venue: SM Megamall ( at 8:00 pm)
Free Admission
Tel: + 63 2 722 4671 to 73
goethepr@pldtdsl.net
Schedule of Film screenings:
Aug 4 - METROPOLIS, music by Rubber Inc
Aug 11 - SPIES, music by The Sammy Asuncion
Group
Aug 18 - DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER, music by
Tots
Tolentino and Buhay
Aug 25 - DESTINY, music by Cynthia Alexander
After the success of last year's "Movies Live: Classic German Silent Movies 1922-1927", the
Goethe-Institut Manila is back with another dose of classic German silent movies. "Movies Live II:
German Silent Film Festival" will feature the films of Austrian-American director Fritz Lang,
whose "Metropolis" is widely considered the most influential silent film ever made.
Azrael cosplaying as Fritz Lang (what the! wala naman syang bigote ah)
Fritz Lang (1890-1976) worked in Germany making films that tackled themes like madness, cruelty, fear and death until 1932, when he fled the country to escape the Nazis. He would eventually end up in Hollywood, where he directed films for over 20 years. Lang was described by many as a perfectionist, sometimes even tyrannical, and gained infamy for his maltreatment of actors. Despite that, it cannot be denied that he was a pioneer: it would be difficult to imagine science fiction or fantasy today without "Metropolis".
Included in this year's set of films are "Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Part I: A Portrait of Our
Time", "Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Part II: Inferno, a Play of People in Our Time", a two-part
detective story about the mad Dr. Mabuse, a master of disguises, and "Spies", a film about the leader of an international bank who doubles as a criminal mastermind. "Metropolis" will also be shown. All films will be accompanied by a live music score done by some of the country's best bands.
my Nosferatu fan art
//* i was there last year with the Artists' Den and some friends form the NWA, and it was one my best film festival and its my favorite. The German silent films ar played and then live music will be played in real time and sometimes theres a narrator translating the german subtitles, coz its a silent film. I watched last year Metropolis, Nosferatu, Last Laugh and Faust. watch the movie and you will be transporte into a german dimension *//
and here are my re-published post from my blog dated August 2004
Metropolis
a Silent German Film, first shown in the year 1926. and also was treated as the Mother of All Sci Fi films.The music here was performed by Rubber Inc, an indie electronica band that brings live music interepretation as we watch the movie, the story is great. Never think of a father and son fight like in Star Wars, a rebellion and humans vs.machines. On the production of the film, i saw that they used a really big Film Studio for all those backgrounds and landscape. During the old times, people are so interested in creating movies, but the special effects are very limited but in here you'll know where did the special effects came from..Here they used some miniatures and some transitions. If you're into Sci fi, this is a must movie to see!
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