An evening of eccentric silent shortsmade around or about Hollywood but never quite inside it, including…
Two films by the underappreciated montagist Slavko Vorkapich
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Orson Welles’ long-lost first movie (before Citizen Kane!)
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Maya Deren’s Freudian classic (shot in “Hollywood 1943”)
with New Music by
John M. Davis
using tools designed for the disco
Sunday, October 13, 2024, 6pm
Transmitter Brewery
141 Flushing Ave, Bldg 77 Brooklyn Navy Yards
John M. Davis
Maschine, keys, flutes, vocals
&
Drew Ramsey
guitar
Drew Ramsey (left) & John Davis, circa 1984, definitely not in Hollywood
John M. Davis is a Brooklyn-based composer and music editor who has written and performed scores for silent films at The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of the Moving Image, Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Italy and in Austria.
Drew Ramsey is a Grammy winning song writer and producer who has collaborated with artists like India.Arie, John Legend, Heather Headley, Jonny Lang, Robert Randolph, The Temptations, Marc Broussard, Trombone Shorty, Leela James, CeCe Winans, Eric Benet, Danny Gokey and International artists such as Mivayi, Count Basic, Asa and Debi Nova.
$5 suggested donation paid at the door
Food not provided, but feel free to bring a picnic