CINE-CONCERTS Creation & distribution The Toulouse Cinematheque has always attached a great importance to music; not to fill in a silence, sometimes difficult for us to accept, but to allow the creation of sense and the transmission of emotion. Today music is a way to bring back on the front scene the movies of yesterday. It allows us to view with a new eye the films we believed we knew. In order to promote the distribution of recently produced cine-concerts, the Toulouse Cinematheque has issued a catalogue of its creations. Because opening our mind to all musical and film sensibilities is one of our priorities, we offer cine-concerts of highly varied styles, from piano to electronic music, from solo to quartet. These cine-concerts allow the musicians to experiment various approaches: improvisation, composition, performance of the original score… GREED (Erich von Stroheim. 1924. USA. 110 min.) CONTENTS + Florent Paris, Benoît Sanchez (experimental sound effects) p. 10 90° SOUTH HAPPINESS (Aleksandr Medvedkin. 1934. USSR. 95 min.) (Herbert G. Ponting. 1914. Great Britain. 72 min. + Grégory Daltin (accordion), Raphaël Howson (piano), + éOle (violin, guitar, electronic arrangements) p. 1 Joris Vidal (tuba) p. 11 A BOY OF THE STREETS MADE FOR LOVE (Charles J. Hunt. 1927. USA. 76 min.) (Paul Soane. 1926. USA. 60 min.) + Grégory Daltin (accordion) or Mathieu Regnault (piano) p. 2 +Mathieu Regnault (piano), Pierre-Stéphane Schmidlet (violin) p. 12 AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS (Yakov Protazanov. 1924. USSR. 103min.) THE NEW BABYLON + Stéréopop Orchestra (pop rock) p. 3 (Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg. 1929. USSR. 80min.) + Hakim Bentchouala-Golobitch (piano) p. 13 BEZHIN MEADOW (Sergueï M. Eisenstein. 1937. USSR. 31 min.) + Mathieu Regnault (virtual orchestra – sound effects) p. 4 THE RING (Alfred Hitchcock. 1927. Great Britain. 97 min.) + Raphaël Howson (piano) p. 14 THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (Robert Wiene. 1919. Germany. 78 min.) LES ROIS DU BURLESQUE + Baptiste de Chabaneix, Daniel Dumoulin (drums) p. 5 (American short films) + Grégory Daltin (accordion), Julien Duthu (double bass), Laurent Paris THE CIGARETTE GIRL OF MOSSELPROM (percussion instruments) p. 15 (Iouri Jeliaboujski. 1924. USSR.112 min.) + Charlotte Castellat (piano, cello), David Lefebvre (cimbalom, double SO THIS IS LOVE bass, guitar) p. 6 (Frank Capra. 1928. USA. 55 min.) + Grégory Daltin, Jean-Luc Amestoy (accordions) p. 16 THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR. WEST IN THE LAND OF THE BOLSHEVIKS (Lev Kuleshov. 1924. USSR. 95 min.) STRIKE (Sergueï M. Eisenstein. 1924. USSR. 70 min.) + trio from the GyÖrg Projekt + Pierre Jodlowski (electro-acoustic) p. 17 (flutes, clarinets, oboe and English horn) p. 7 SUMURUN (Ernst Lubitsch. 1920. Germany. 103 min.) FOLIES BOWERS (Short films. 70 min.) + Raphaël Sibertin-Blanc (violin, klasik kemençe), Stéphane Bissières + Cie Arniphone (cello, piano, accordion, storytelling) p. 8 (piano, sound effects) p. 18 THE GENERAL LINE / OLD AND NEW THREE AGES (Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline. 1923. USA. 60 min.) (Sergueï M. Eisenstein. 1929. USSR. 90 min.) + Laurent Marode (piano), David Sauzay (saxophone) p. 19 + Grégory Daltin (accordion / bandoneon), Sébastien Gisbert (percussion instruments), Eugénie Ursch (cello), Joris Vidal (tuba) p. 9 UNDERWORLD (Josef von Sternberg. 1927. USA. 85 min.) + Daniel Dumoulin (drums) and Michel Parmentier (piano) p. 20 (Léon Poirier. 1928. France. 160 min.) + Hakim Bentchouala-Golobitch (piano) p. 21 PHOTOS p. 23 CONTACT p. 24 90° SOUTH Herbert G. Ponting. 1914. Great Britain. 72 min. Black & white. THE FILM The story of an immortal adventure with Captain Robert Scott. A spellbinding chronicle of Scott's heroic and ultimately tragic race for the South Pole--not only did Amundsen reach the goal first but Scott and his entire team died on the return trip. Ponting's hauntingly beautiful images of ice caves and Antarctic wildlife are punctuated by diary entries telling of the heart-breaking last days of the doomed expedition. THE MUSICIANS Duo or quartet éOle Jérémie Siot | electric violin Camel Zekri | guitar Pierre Jodlowski and Christophe Ruetsch | sampler, keyboards, electronic effects 1 A BOY OF THE STREETS Charles J. Hunt. 1927. USA. 76 min. Black & white. Cast: Johnnie Walker, Mickey Bennett, Henry Sedley THE FILM One of the rarest copy of the Toulouse Cinematheque’s archive : falling into the clutches of a crooked politician, Ned Dugan is obliged to rob a safe in the home of Mary Callahan who coincidentally has sheltered Ned’s injured little brother, Jimmy Dugan. Ned is caught but Mary saves him from punishment. The young crook repays her by going straight and saving her impressionable brother from a blackmailer. From age 6 onwards THE MUSICIANS Grégory Daltin | accordion or Mathieu Regnault | piano 2 AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS Yakov Protazanov. 1924. USSR. 103 min. Black & white. Cast: Igor Ilinski, Youlia Solntseva, Nicolas Tsereteli, Vera Orlova THE FILM The very first Soviet science-fiction movie: the story of a young man, Los, traveling to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders, with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope. THE MUSICIANS STEREOPOP ORCHESTRA Ericnemo | guitar, piano, violin, organ, balalaïka, theremin, voice Sébastien Comet | drums, microkorg, samplers, voice 3 BEZHIN MEADOW Bejine loug Serguei M. Eisenstein. 1937. USSR. 31 min. Black & white. THE FILM A Soviet film famous for having been suppressed and believed destroyed before its completion. It tells the story of a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by sabotaging the year's harvest and the son's efforts to stop his own father to protect the Soviet state, culminating in the boy's murder and a social uprising. Commissioned by a Communist youth group, the film's production ran from 1935 to 1937, until it was halted by the central Soviet government, which said it contained artistic, social, and political failures. Bezhin Meadow was long thought lost in the wake of World War II bombings. In the 1960s, however, cuttings and partial prints of the film were found; from these, a reconstruction of Bezhin Meadow, based on the original script, was undertaken. THE MUSICIAN Mathieu Regnault | virtual orchestra – sound effects 4 THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari Robert Wiene. 1919. Germany. 78 min. Black & white. Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Friedrich Feher THE FILM A man named Francis relates a story about his best friend Alan and his fiancée Jane. Alan takes his friends to a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, who can predict the future. When Alan asks how long he has to live, Cesare says he has until dawn… One of the most influential German Expressionist films and often considered as the greatest horror movie of the silent era. THE MUSICIANS Baptiste de Chabaneix | drums Daniel Dumoulin | drums 5 THE CIGARETTE GIRL OF MOSSELPROM Papirosnitsa ot Mosselproma Iouri Jeliaboujski. 1924. USSR. 112 min. Black & white. Copy restored in 2007 by the Toulouse Cinematheque at l’Immagine Ritrovata’s lab (Bologna, Italy) with the support of the Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema. Cast: Igor Ilinski, Ioulia Solntseva, Anna Smokhovskaia THE FILM The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom is the story of a young girl who is "discovered" by a film crew, becomes an inept "star," and is wooed by a fumbling accountant, a dashing cinematographer, and a corpulent American businessman who is bringing "high fashion" to the Soviet Union. THE MUSICIANS Charlotte Castellat | piano, cello David Lefebvre | cimbalom, double bass, guitar 6 THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR. WEST IN THE LAND OF THE BOLSHEVIKS Neobytchainye Priklyoutchenia Mistera Vesta v Strane bolchevikov Lev Kuleshov. 1924. USSR. 95 min. Black & white. Cast: Porfiri Podobed, Boris Barnet, Alexandra Kholkhlova, Vsevolod Poudovkine THE FILM A Bolshevik burlesque. An example of ironic Soviet propagandistic film from the silent era, this film chronicles the adventures of an American, "Mr. West", and his faithful bodyguard and servant Jeddie, as they visit the land of the horrible, evil Bolsheviks. THE MUSICIANS Trio from the GyÖrg PrOjekt Armelle Cordonnier| flutes Clélia Bobichon | clarinets Agnès Demeulenaere | oboe and English horn With the collaboration of Karl Naegelen, composer 7 FOLIES BOWERS Selection of short films (approx. 70 min.) THE FILMS An interactive and musical tribute to Charley Bowers, master of burlesque, animated objects and incredible special effects. He was rediscovered in the 60’s by Raymond Borde, founder of the Toulouse Cinematheque. The program includes: Fatal Footstep (1926), Sleepless Night (1940), Now You Tell One (1926), Mutt and Jeff (1925). from age 6 onwards THE MUSICIANS Cie Arniphone Flóra Kapitány | cello Bertrand Mahé | storytelling, piano, accordion A Toulouse Cinematheque’s production, with the collaboration of Lobster Films and the Cie Arniphone 8 THE GENERAL LINE / OLD AND NEW General’naya Linya / Staroe i novoe Serguei M. Eisenstein. 1929. USSR. 90 min. Black & white. Cast: Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Vassia Buzenkov THE FILM A poor woman persuades her fellow villagers to form a cooperative. Eisenstein’s last completed silent picture also known as Old and New. A bucolic epic about the Soviet struggle to collectivize. THE MUSICIANS Grégory Daltin | accordion/bandoneon Sébastien Gisbert | percussion instruments Eugénie Ursch | cello Joris Vidal | tuba Created for the Zoom Arrière film festival (March 2012) 9 GREED Erich von Stroheim. 1924. USA. 110 min. Black & white. Cast: Gibson Growland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt THE FILM Based on Frank Norris' novel, McTeague, Greed tells the story of three World War I-era Californians whose friendship is destroyed by avarice after one wins a lottery jackpot. Determined to capture the novel in every detail, director von Stroheim refused to use studio lots, filming only on locations named in the book, even going so far as purchasing city blocks if necessary. The result grew into a monumental 8-hour work that was edited by studio executives.