SXSW: METROPOLIS with Live Score

Rated NR; Director:Fritz Lang (1927)  

Location: Alamo Downtown

This show is a part of the Music & Film Events Signature Series, Click to See More

The Golden Hornet Project (GHP), Wyatt Brand and SXSW Film present this live, original score for Fritz Lang's 1927 silent masterpiece METROPOLIS, composed by GHP co-artistic directors Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski. The screening with performance will follow a brief interview of Reynolds and Stopschinski as moderated by Oliver Frankin, executive Curator for Public Programs at the Harry Ransom Center.

About Golden Hornet Project:
Bridging the nightclub and the concert hall, the academy and the underground with accessible and affordable concerts and educational programs, Austin's own Golden Hornet Project is a unique partnership between two composer/musicians, namely Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski. Since 1999, GHP has collaborated to commission and present the work of more than 30 composers in 40 concerts and premiered 8 new orchestral works. Stopschinski's work includes his band Brown Whörnet and many albums including scores to silent film classics NOSFERATU and THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED and is currently working a new musical funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Reynolds is a composer, pianist and drummer and bandleader of Golden Arm Trio whose résumé includes five symphonies, an opera, an acclaimed score for Richard Linklater's A SCANNER DARKLY and the score for 'Cult of Color: Call to Color' - a contemporary dance work from Ballet Austin.

METROPOLIS (1927, Dir. Fritz Lang)
This silent science fiction film is set in a futuristic urban dystopia where society has been divided into two rigid groups: one of planners or thinkers, who live high above the earth in luxury, and another of workers who live underground toiling to sustain the lives of the privileged. The beautiful and evangelical figure Maria (Brigitte Helm) takes up the cause of the workers as the film examines a common science fiction theme of the day: the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism.

This event will be open to filmmakers first with their guest list, then badges (film, gold or platinum), then film passes and if any room is available after badges and passes get in we will sell individual tickets for $10.

Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

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