End: 01 Nov 2011 - 09:20 PM
Location: National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre, Basement
Address: 93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897
Leave your habitual ideas of cinema at the door and transport yourself to the wonderful advent of cinema. Enter the imaginarium of Georges Méliès.
Méliès is a magician whose fateful encounter with the cinematograph in 1895 resulted in an expansion of the creative possibilities of the new technological medium.
As a pioneer of cinema, Méliès drew inspiration from his interests and practice in magical theatre, breathed life into the cinematograph, and fashioned the first ever cinematic magical narratives – a treasure trove of films soaked with wit, imagination and a charismatic sense of wonder.
In this exclusive travelling cine-concert of Georges Méliès films that commemorates his 150th birthday, a definitive selection of Méliès’ films will be accompanied by Lawrence Lehérissey and Marie-Hélène Lehérissey, Méliès’ descendents, who will be performing live piano improvisations and narration, a practice that stays true to the way these films were presented in the 1900s.
For more information, go to: //www.nationalmuseum.sg/FilmDetail.aspx?id=86