Alloy Orchestra Performs A Live Score To Hitchcock's 'Blackmail' 9/24 At The Belcourt

ALLOY ORCHESTRA performs a live score to Alfred Hitchcock's last and greatest silent film BLACKMAIL Thursday, September 24. Doors at 6:30, Show at 7:30

Tickets are $20/adults and $15/members On sale NOW 
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About Hitchcock's BLACKMAIL:

Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 film BLACKMAIL is the director's last and (possibly) greatest silent film. This gripping tale traces the actions of a young British woman and her detective boyfriend. Quickly their actions spiral horribly out of control. BLACKMAIL is Hitchcock at his best, and with the help of Alloy Orchestra, a powerful evening of entertainment.
The exquisite print of the rarely seen silent version is made available from the British Film Institute. (35mm - 83 min, 1.33 aspect ratio, 24 fps) -- Photo above courtesy of the British Film Institute.
BLACKMAIL on Imdb.com

About ALLOY ORCHESTRA:
ALLOY ORCHESTRA is a three man musical ensemble, writing and performing live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects, they thrash and grind soulful music from unlikely sources.

Performing at prestigious film festivals and cultural centers in the US and abroad (The Telluride Film Festival, The Louvre, Lincoln Center, The Academy of Motion Pictures, the National Gallery of Art and others), Alloy has helped revive some of the great masterpieces of the silent era.

An unusual combination of found percussion and state-of-the-art electronics gives the Orchestra the ability to create any sound imaginable. Utilizing their famous "rack of junk" and electronic synthesizers, the group generates beautiful music in a spectacular variety of styles. They can conjure up a French symphony or a simple German bar band of the 20's. The group can make the audience think it is being attacked by tigers, contacted by radio signals from Mars or swept up in the Russian Revolution.

Alloy collaborates with some of the worlds best archives and collectors (such as the George Eastman House, The British Film Institute, Paramount pictures, Film Preservation Associates and The Douris Corporation) to present audiences with the very best available prints of some of history's greatest film.

 

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