Friday, October 29 8:00 PM - Full capacity screening
F.W. Murnau | Germany | 1926 | 107m | German intertitles with English subtitles
with Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn
Please join us for a special Hallowe'en event: F.W. Murnau's 1926 silent classic Faust with live accompaniment by Halifax's ambient improvisational ensemble, New Hermitage!
Based on Goethe's and Marlowe's Faust, Murnau's masterpiece of German expressionism was the last film he made in Germany. A financial flop due partly to the complex special effects and extremely long shooting schedule, Faust is now considered one of the greatest German expressionist films ever made. We are excited to present this atmospheric retelling of the Faust legend with an improvised soundtrack supplied by New Hermitage.
New Hermitage (Andrew MacKelvie, woodwinds; India Gailey, cello; Ross Burns, guitar; and Ellen Gibling, harp) is an ambient improvised music ensemble from Halifax, Nova Scotia. All highly accomplished musicians in their own right, the quartet was formed in 2017 out of their shared connection to Jerry Granelli and the Creative Music Workshop. Since then, New Hermitage has shared bills with artists such as revelatory composer/improviser Angel Bat Dawid, jaw harp innovator chik white, pi'pa virtuoso Liu Fang, and prolific noise explorer i d m theft able. Among their six live recordings are two performances with renowned bass clarinettist Jeff Reilly, one of which won Music Nova Scotia’s "Classical Recording of the Year" award. New Hermitage’s first studio album, Unearth, was released in 2020 to much critical acclaim.
"This extraordinary piece of artistry and craftsmanship integrates its dazzling special effects so seamlessly that they're indistinguishable from the film's narrative, poetry, and, above all, metaphysics." -Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
"New Hermitage throws down a set of songs that need to be experienced, rather than listened to: it’s a soundtrack for fumbling through the dark; a soundtrack for finding slivers of light." -Sam Gillett, The Coast
Tickets $11 on-line (Sold out)
COVID-19 Precautions:
Proof of double vaccination against COVID-19 is required to enter the building.
Masks are required at all times in the building.
We can't offer concessions at the moment (sorry!).
Outside food and drink is not allowed in the museum.
