5 Classic Short Films of Alice Guy Blache – Cinema Pioneer
Sunday December 27, 2009
2:00pm
Live Music by DAVID ARNER
The Floor Polisher (1907) 3:32
The Volunteer’s Fiancee (1907) 7:00
The Recalcitrant Donkey (1906) 5:00
The Beasts of the Jungle (1913) 31:36
The Life of Christ (1906) 33:23
The Whitney Museum
Madison Avenue and 75th St.
New York City
(212) 570-3600
Why you should come to this performance:
1. If you missed Arner at the Whitney last month, here is your second chance. There will be only one more in this series, on Sunday January 24.
2. Alice Guy’s The Life of Christ features 25 elaborate sets and 300 extras, packed into a 33-minute epic (a long film for 1906).
3. The whole show will be about an hour.
4. It’s at the Whitney. Always worth a visit.