21 February 2014
Silent films depict ocean’s cinematic nature
A unique cinematic experience with live accompaniment on piano accordion is being staged for one night only at the New
Zealand Film Archive this Saturday.
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Image:Heinrich Hauser, film still fromWINDJAMMER UND JANMAATEN – DIE LETZTE SEGELSCHIFFE(Windjammer and Sailors–The Last Sailboats), 1930. 35mm, b, silent, 86mins. Collection of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
In conjunction with the exhibitionCinema & Painting, the Adam Art Gallery’s upcoming eventTurbulence: The Ocean as Cinematic Spacefeatures two silent films selected by Adam Art Gallery curator Michelle Menzies and Philippe-Alain Michaud, Curator of
Film at the Georges Pompidou Centre.
Both films explore the atmospheric drama of an interaction of sea, sky, and sand. These are Nathaniel Dorsky’s silent
masterpiece,Alaya, 1976-87, andWINDJAMMER UND JANMAATEN–DIE LETZTE SEGELSCHIFFE (Windjammer and Sailors: The Last Sailboats), a black-and-white film made in 1930 by amateur filmmaker Heinrich Hauser capturing the ‘SS Pamir’, the last commercial
sailing ship to sail around Cape Horn.
Windjammer and Sailors: The Last Sailboats will be accompanied by Jonathan Berkahn on piano accordion in an improvised performance specially conceived for the
occasion.
Turbulence: The Ocean as Cinematic Space
When: Saturday 22 February, 6pm
Where: New Zealand Film Archive Wellington
Cost: $10/$8 entry
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