Anything But Silent
WOMAN IN THE MOON
(1929)
Tuesday, July 19th at 7:00 PM
With Live Theatre
Organ Accompaniment by Ben Model!
Members $12 | Public $17
In Fritz Lang’s final
silent epic, the legendary filmmaker spins a tale involving a wicked cartel of
spies who co-opt an experimental mission to the moon in the hope of plundering
the satellite’s vast stores of gold.
Two years after revolutionizing the science fiction film
with his epic Metropolis, director Fritz Lang revisited the genre with an
ambitious spectacle that dramatizes the first lunar expedition. Rather than a
flight of pure fantasy, Lang, screenwriter Thea von Harbou and a group of technical
consultants conceived a modernized "Trip to the Moon" grounded in
state-of-the-art astrophysics. Spiced with romance and espionage (including a
network of diabolical super-spies straight out of Lang's Mabuse films), Woman in the
Moon was one of the most influential science fiction films of its era. (1929, 169min., Germany, NR, Silent | Dir.
Fritz Lang)
Ben Model is one of America’s leading silent film accompanists, and has been playing piano and organ for silent films at the New York MoMA since 1984 and the CAC since 2006. Since March 16th, 2020, Ben has been hosting a weekly live-streamed silent film show from his living room, “The Silent Comedy Watch Party.” Click here to visit Ben's YouTube page!