The Quitter
Joseph Henabery / US, 1929 / 82 min.
'HKU Meets Eye' is an exceptional, annual live performance accompanying a silent film. Composition students from HKU Muziek en Technologie composed the music for The Quitter. The score will be performed live by the Keuris Ensemble led by Henry Kelder.
The legendary Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and Eye will celebrate with a wide-ranging programme from the studio’s glory days. The films, including rediscoveries and surprising, seldom-screened B-films, reveal that art and commerce can go hand in hand. One of the films to be screened is The Quitter, a silent film from 1929. The 35mm print of this film, that is in the Eye collection, is the only surviving copy of the film and was conserved in 1992. With Dutch intertitles.
Keuris Ensemble
The Keuris Ensemble are: Henry Kelder (piano/organ, conductor), Gideon Nelissen (violin), Maria Du Toit (clarinet), Suzanne van Berkum (bassoon), Jeroen Geevers (percussion).
This year's composers are: Tycho Verhagen, Tom van Strien, Bas Boerboom, Sam Volman, Merlijn Breedland, Scott Rozemeijer and Lucas Veling.
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Details
Director
Joseph Henabery
Production year
1929
Country
US
Original title
The Quitter
Length
82 min.
Language
live music, Dutch
Subtitles
NONE
Format
35mm
Part of
Eye on Sound
With Eye on Sound, Eye focuses on the special relationship between image and sound. Expect live music to silent films, live bands from today to classics of yesteryear, brand new scores to films from the versatile Eye collection and special attention to the often neglected art of sound design.
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