The New Zealand International Film Festival today announced a live cinema event to be held in Wellington.
The Crowd, directed by King Vidor, is a silent film set in the machine-age metropolis of 1920’s New York City where an optimistic young man is confident he will succeed without really trying. A new score that pays tribute to the ragtime era has been composed by Johannes Contag (Cloudboy) for The Crowd. The live cinema event will be performed in Wellington on Sunday 11 August 4pm at the Paramount.
“The score for this film marks a long-overdue return to Live Cinema for Johannes Contag, last encountered in this realm with his group Cloudboy. Contag has composed a bustling and energetic score for Wellington’s SMP Ensemble, a 12-piece with piano, strings, winds and percussion, conducted by prolific emerging composer Karlo Margetic,” says NZIFF Director Bill Gosden.
NZIFF has already announced Italian prog-rock legends Goblin who will play live with Dario Argento’s horror film Suspiria, in Auckland at The Civic on Friday 19 July for one screening only at 9.15pm. Tickets for this special event are $45 (adults) and $40 (concession) plus booking fee. Tickets for all other Festival screenings will go on sale from Friday 28 June.
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