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Tag: an auteurist history of film

All finished with the “Auteurist” series at MoMA

July 2, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

Well, stick a fork in me…I am done with the 26 performances at MoMA in June, as well as the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art

video blog June 11, 2010 – playing for Fields, actualities, early pioneers

June 12, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here’s the June 11th video blog in which I discuss playing for a Fields silent, as well as for two…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, MoMA, score, soundtrack

videoblog: W.C. Fields, the Lumiere bros., et al

June 8, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here is my latest videoblog, (hopefully) the first in a series of near-daily blog postings I’m hoping to do this…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, MoMA, so's your old man, W.C. Fields

3 weeks of daily silent film screenings at MoMA in June

April 19, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

I will be rawther busy in June. Here is the schedule for the repeat-showings of nearly all the silent film…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, ben model, charles silver, miditzer, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art

video blog episode 1: Griffith, Gish, and instant leitmotifs

January 9, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

I’m going to give video-blogging another go in 2010. Using the FlipVideo camera makes it a little more convenient, and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, ben model, broken blossoms, d.w. griffith, MoMA

musical theme: “An Auteurist History of Film”

January 6, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

This is a theme I came up with for the series at MoMA, which I play as the lights go…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, ben model, modus, MoMA, yamaha

Oct 21-22: a pair of Scandinavian films

October 26, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Oct 21 and 22 found me back at MoMA’s Bartos theater accompanying a pair of films from my one of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, asta nielsen, ingeborg holm, victor sjöstrom

Oct 1 “Lesser-Known Pioneers of Cinema” (MoMA)

October 6, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ. 1902. France. Directed by Ferdinand Zecca, Lucien Nonguet. 30 min. La Vie…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alice Guy Blache, an auteurist history of film, Ferdinand Zecca, MoMA

Back to Film School: Actualities and Glimmerings of More

September 17, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Back to “film school” today! Accompanied the “Actualities and Glimmerings of More” program at MoMA. Had a pretty big crowd,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, gaston borch

“An Auterist History of Film” at MoMA begins

September 14, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

For those of you with weekday daytime availability, be sure to bookmarkthis page on MoMA Film’s website for An Auteurist…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, ben model, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, silent film

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