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Silent Surrealism - Touring 10-11

In cooperation with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Imagine early 1920s Paris – a small, intimate theatre plays host to new and avant-garde cinema, specifically, the silent surrealist films of the day.  The entire town seems to be present: the bourgeoisie, the big thinkers of the time, the aristocracy, and the escapists.  They’ve all gathered to experience this cutting-edge art and later, will reconvene at the local cafes to discuss and debate the merits of the film, the actors, and the director. 

Fast-forward 80 years. Continuing this early French tradition, a similar scene plays out as The Hot Club of San Francisco presents Silent Surrealism, an evening of silent surrealist films with live gypsy jazz.  The program includes several short silent films by Charley Bowers such as Now You Tell One and It’s a Bird, as well as films by James Sibley Watson and Harold Shaw.  The Hot Club accompanies these films with the distinctive music made famous by Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and the Hot Club de France. Silent Surrealism is a brilliant multi-media trip back to a time when the artistic and literary style emerged as a means of expressing the imagination…when writers and filmmakers were more interested in the implications of words and images and providing the audience with the opportunity to vicariously experience the unknown or unimaginable.

Film Titles: Now You Tell One, It’s a Bird, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Land Beyond Sunset.

Fall 2010 Performances

September 28, 2010	Leach Theater- Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla, MO
September 29, 2010	Hettenhausen Center for the Arts - McKendree College | Lebanon, IL
October 17-18, 2010	Fine Arts Auditorium - College of Central Florida | Ocala, FL
October 22, 2010	Casey Theater - Regis College | Weston, MA
October 29, 2010	Michigan Theater | Ann Arbor, MI
November 5, 2010	Gunter Theater - Peace Center for the Performing Arts | Greenville, SC
November 9, 2010	Union Mine High School Theater | El Dorado, CA
November 16, 2010	Hannaford Hall | Portland, ME
November 18, 2010	David Rubenstein Atrium - Lincoln Center | New York, NY
November 19, 2010	Miller Center for the Arts - Reading Area Community College | Reading, PA
November 21, 2010	Quick Center for the Arts - Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT
November 28, 2010	McPherson Opera House | McPherson, KS
November 30, 2010	The Charles B. Goddard Center | Ardmore, OK
December 5, 2010	Lancaster Performing Arts Center | Lancaster, CA
December 11, 2010	Alden Theatre - McLean Community Center | McLean, VA
December 13, 2010	Riceland Hall - Fowler Center | Jonesboro, AR
December 17-18, 2010	Harold D. McAninch Arts Center - College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn, IL
December 31, 2010	Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center | Livermore, CA