NOSFERATU Turns 100! Musical Score on Pipe Organ by Dennis James
Sat, Oct 22
|Epsilon Spires
Ths Halloween season, celebrate the Centennial of Nosferatu (1922) by experiencing F.W. Murnau’s iconic horror masterpiece in our haunted Sanctuary with a mesmerizing live soundtrack performed on the 1916 Estey Pipe Organ by Dennis James, one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists!
Time & Location
Oct 22, 2022, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Celebrate the centennial anniversary of the most iconic cinematic vampire this Halloween season with an unforgetable film-concert experience in our haunted Sanctuary! A screening of silent horror masterpiece NOSFERATU (1922) featuring a phenomenal live soundtrack performed by Dennis James on our Historic Estey pipe organ!
A cornerstone of German Expressionist silent films, W. Murnau’s immortal NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR first premiered at Berlin, Germany’s zoological gardens in 1922. With the famed actor Max Schreck delivering a truly remarkable ghoulish performance the film instantly became a cultural and artistic watermark, but not without controversy. The estate of Bram Stoker, author of the book “Dracula,” sued the studio that produced “Nosferatu” over copyright claims. Asserting that the film's antagonist was a metaphor for the first World War rather than a direct adaptation, the filmmakers made some changes, including character names — for example Count Dracula became Count Orlok (which means "war"…
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Nosferatu (1924)
Admission for one to Nosferatu torns 100! W/pipe organ soundtrack by Dennis James. Tricks and Treats will be provided. Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. $2 from every ticket goes directly towards the historic preservation of the venue. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the program!
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General Admission Tickets for this event are $20, and children under 14 w/and Adult are $10. Thanks to a generous grant from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, subsidized tickets are available for those who self-identify as experiencing financial hardship. In order to make this program accessible for all, we are offering tickets by sliding scale. Taking equity and inclusion into account, please pay what you can to help support the artists and venue.
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