Selection of Short Movies by Cinémathèque française

Eight movies about music and film from the collection of Cinémathèque française.

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SCREENINGS

09.09. 19:30
French Institute

Introduction: Samantha Leroy

Le Mélomane
1903, French, (3'26)
Director: Georges Méliès

Premier nocturne en fa dièse majeur de Chopin
réalisateur inconnu
1928, French (3'45)

Les Berceaux
1932, French (7')
Director: Jean Epstein

Surprise boogie
1956, French (4'45)
Director: Albert Pierru

A la mémoire du rock
1963, French (11')
Director: François Reichenbach
With Johnny Hallyday, les Chaussettes noires.

Fantaisie sur quatre cordes
1957, French (3'14)
Director: Albert Pierru

Nous les gitans
1950, French (25’) / 35 mm / 
Director: Alberto Spadolini

Pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse
1959, French (20’) / 35 mm / 
Director: Jean-Daniel Pollet

It’s music time! Music has been part and parcel of film-making since its inception. In The Melomaniac, Georges Méliès replicates his head six times as musical notes on sheet music. The Gaumont-Petersen-Poulsen process offers Victor Gille’s interpretation of Chopin’s First nocturne in F-sharp major. Jean Epstein and the Synchro-Ciné emphasize the symbiosis between cinema, poetry and music. Albert Pierru blends music and animation linked together by rhythm. François Reichenbach films a hypnotized audience, Daniel Pollet the dampness of dance halls and choreographer Alberto Spadolini pays tribute to Romani culture via his music and dances. These eight films are from the Cinémathèque Française, with most having been saved and restored.