Dreyer classic will get impassioned screening with live music at Encounter festival
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928)
New York Marriott Marquis, sixth floor
1535 Broadway
Sunday, January 17, $30, 8:00
www.crossroadsculturalcenter.org
As part of the New York Encounter festival, Carl Th. Dreyer’s controversial 1928 classic silent film, THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, will be screened at the Marriott Marquis, accompanied by a live performance of Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of Light,” the composer’s 1994 oratorio inspired by the film. The composition will be performed by the Metro Chamber Orchestra, directed by Phil Nuzzo, and the Communion and Liberation Choir, directed by Christopher Vath. The film stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti, in her second and final movie role, as the title character, facing her final days. Dreyer (ORDET, VAMPYR) created a stunning look for the film, featuring extreme close-ups that get right in the viewer’s face. Thought to be lost, the complete film was discovered in a Norwegian mental institution in 1981 and ultimately released on DVD by Criterion.