(Le) Poisson Rouge (Venue Partner)
158 Bleecker St
212.505.3474
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Mark Ribot
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Sunday May 23, 2010 (10pm)
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- Price
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$20 / $17 advance
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“Perhaps you remember Marc Ribot's solitary, dissonant instrumental at the opening of Jim Jarmusch's film Down by Law. Or Ribot's more recent performances on scores for Walk the Line and The Departed. But this blues-based musician who has partnered with Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Elvis Costello returns to his East Village roots with his unorthodox instrumentation for another auspicious pairing — this time with one of the best-known film stars of the silent-film era, Charlie Chaplin. As Chaplin himself once said, a day without laughter — and avant-garde jazz-rock fusion — is a day wasted.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
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Read an interview with Marc Ribot on his experience scoring Chaplin's The Kid and his new album Silent Movies.
The Unsilent Film Series is a new monthly series taking place at (le) Poisson Rouge, which brings classic films back into the live music realm with new scores from prominent musicians. The combining of live music with films pre-dates actual sound technology for film. From the end of the 19th century on filmmakers and theatres have hired pianists, organists, and small ensembles to accompany silent films. The Unsilent Film Series takes this tradition and modernizes it combining silent films (and sometimes not-so-silent films) in a live music venue, with a variety of genres - ambient, indie-rock, jazz, classical - and a variety of cocktails.
This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.
