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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">FYI: Silent films
<b>MÉNILMONTANT </b>and<b> THE LAST COMMAND</b> accompanied by Jeff Rapsis show Friday, 3/15 at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, 11610 Euclid Ave.
<span style="color:black">Tickets are $15; $12 for CIA/CSU I.D. holders, Cinematheque members, and those age 25
</span>& under. Please spread the word! <span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Friday, March 15, at 7:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Film Classics in 35mm!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Silent Movie Double Feature!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Live Accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MÉNILMONTANT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">France, 1926, Dimitri Kirsanoff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">THE LAST COMMAND</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">USA, 1928, Josef von Sternberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jeff Rapsis, our favorite New Hampshire-based silent-film accompanist, returns to the Cinematheque to improvise digital synthesizer scores for two mute masterpieces—one by a talented Russian émigré
in 1920s Paris, the other about Russian émigrés in 1920s Hollywood. (We’ve shown neither movie before.)
<i>Ménilmontant </i>is an impressionistic, visually sophisticated film poem (without intertitles) about two poor French sisters who are victimized by the same man. Legendary film critic Pauline Kael called it “one of the least known masterpieces of the screen”
and regarded it as her all-time favorite movie. Restored DCP. 46 min. Josef von Sternberg’s powerful
<i>The Last Command </i>stars the great Emil Jannings (<i>The Last Laugh</i>, <i>
The Blue Angel</i>) as a Czarist Russian army general exiled in Los Angeles, where he has been reduced to working as a bit player in movies. He lands a part as an extra in a Russian Revolution drama directed by a fellow countryman who was once his enemy (William
Powell). Evelyn Brent co-stars. “The first Sternberg masterpiece…The sheer sophistication of Sternberg’s visuals makes nearly all current releases look old-fashioned.”
<i>–Time Out Film Guide. </i>35mm. 88 min. <i>Special admission $15; members, CIA/CSU I.D. holders, age 25 & under $12; no passes.
</i>www.jeffrapsis.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">See our film schedule for details.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
<a href="https://www.cia.edu/cinematheque/film-schedule/2024/03/mnilmontant-the-last-command">
https://www.cia.edu/cinematheque/film-schedule/2024/03/mnilmontant-the-last-command</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As a reminder, filmgoers can park for free in Lot 73 and in the Institute's annex lot, and should enter CIA via nearby Entrance C. Click
<a href="https://www.cia.edu/files/resources/18-19cinemap-parkingjune12.jpg">here</a> for a map.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Genevieve Schwartz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cinematheque Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:gbschwartz@cia.edu">gbschwartz@cia.edu</a> | 216-421-7450<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cia.edu%2fcinematheque&c=E,1,oNr1cWzBaIaua07dM7mh2HrcQrW-HrcI5-NlKutKJ0UrZTOSWftCZjnR4YdMcwR4xZGWSaw0OY1vHn7khylVGgYTRGoPDOZ3Hhugo0XkOsEClQ,,&typo=1"><span style="font-weight:normal">cia.edu/cinematheque</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106<o:p></o:p></p>
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