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When:Wednesday April 7, 2010
Time:10:00 PM
Where:Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012-1408
(212) 353-3474
Cost:Free w. RSVP unsilentfilm@lprnyc.com
For the first night of the Unsilent Film Series Kría Brekkan performs to The Fall of the House of Usher.
Kría Brekkan is an Icelandic vocalist and classically-trained multi-instrumentalist. She is best-known as a former frontperson of múm, and later on for collaborating with her husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan.
The French silent film La Chute de la Maison Usher is adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s Fall of the House of Usher. Director Jean Epstein studiously avoids cheap shocks in this tale of hereditary madness, choosing instead a tightly controlled, spookily subtle technique. The hero, having indirectly caused the death of his beloved, stubbornly tries to resurrect her spirit by devoting himself to painting and sculpture. Epstein conveys the twilight zone between life and death with lingering dissolves and brilliant utilization of slow motion. The production design of La Chute de la Maison Usher, together with the earlier Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, obviously inspired the “look” of Robert Florey’s 1932 Poe derivation Murders in the Rue Morgue
This first night of the Unsilent Film Series will be free. RSVP to unsilentfilm@lprnyc.com to reserve your spot.
This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early