Right in the Eye: Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès Films

Description

Right in the Eye is a live performance set to 12 films by Georges Méliès, a pioneer of the Cinema and a wizard of special effects.

Created by Jean-François Alcoléa and praised by the Great-Great-Granddaughter of legendary filmmaker and cinematographer Georges Méliès, Right in the Eye features a captivating, multi-layered score performed by three virtuoso musicians, offering an amazing emotional voyage. Using an extraordinary range of instruments—including piano, percussion, guitar, and unique oddities like the aquaphone, theremin, and even plastic take-out lids—the musicians bring new life to Méliès' films. Their mesmerizing music evokes the technical wizardry and playful creativity that defined his work.

A creation by Jean-François Alcoléa Based on Georges Méliès’ Films

PERFORMERS

Jean François Alcoléa - Concept, musical compositions and sound creation, keyboard, string structure, melodica, objects

Fabrice Favriou - Drum, guitar

Thomas Desmartis - Sound, keyboard, percussions, objects

Mathieu Lucas - Sound, light & video manager

THE FILMS

Introduction (documentary based on archival material)

Le cauchemar (A Nightmare)

Un homme de têtes (The Four Troublesome Heads)

Voyage à travers l’impossible (The Impossible Voyage)

La visite sous-marine du Maine (Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine")

Le voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants (The Lilliputians and the Giants) Panorama pris d’un train en marche (Panorama from Top of a Moving Train)

Les nouvelles luttes extravagantes (Fat and Lean Wrestling Match) Le merveilleux éventail vivant (The Marvelous Living Fan) L’équilibre impossible (An Impossible Balancing Feat)

Le royaume des fées (The Kingdom of Fairies)

Nain et géant (The Dwarf and the Giant)

Community Partner: Alliance Française de Milwaukee