The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 22 Min. Rating: Release Year: 1928 Film Info: Screening Format: DCP
Visit Website Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Screenwriter: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Joseph Delteil Cinematographer: Rudolph Maté Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley

Sponsored by: Jan Serr and John Shannon

 

NOTE: 10/18 showing of The Passion of Joan of Arc is a premium screening - 6-pack/10-pack/vouchers cannot be redeemed for this screening!

Featuring live score with composer George Sarah!

One of the great experiences any cinephile can have is seeing a silent-era classic on the big screen with live musical accompaniment, and there is perhaps no better choice for that treatment than the film that virtually invented the close-up. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 masterpiece is anchored by expressionistic camerawork and a remarkable performance from Maria Falconetti—the poster child of Sunset Boulevard’s famous “we had faces!” line. Prepare for a transcendent evening of music and film.

 

"Dreyer's radical approach to constructing space and the slow intensity of his mobile style make this 'difficult' in the sense that, like all the greatest films, it reinvents the world from the ground up." - Chicago Reader

 

"Dreyer's most universally acclaimed masterpiece remains one of the most staggeringly intense films ever made." - Time Out

 

"It is the gifted performance of Maria Falconetti as the Maid of Orleans that rises above everything in this artistic achievement." - New York Times

 

 

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