I’m guilty of something of a misstatement in the video essay for Dreyer’s MICHAEL I just completed. I say that Benjamin Christensen’s Hollywood films lack the weirdness of HAXAN. Not true in this case!
I’ll republish my notes here after the show if that’s OK with the Hippodrome.
The Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema is once more upon us, and I’ll be checking out Nell Shipman & Bert van Tuyle’s THE GRUB STAKE, with a new score by my chum Jane Gardner (who scored THE NORTHLEACH HORROR for me).
I’ve never seen a Shipman film, but we have all come to trust the Hippodrome, so I’m quite sure it’s going to be excellent. I’ve also come to trust that Bo’ness won’t have any cafes with wi-fi, so you can expect to hear from me in about twelve hours.
My programme notes from the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema’s screening of EARTH are now up at The Chiseler, and can be read by clicking on this word: THINGY.