THE MAGICIAN (WITH LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT)

6/24/08

Cinefamily
Hollywood, California

Programmed by Jodi Wille

In celebration of the publication of the new Manly P. Hall biography “Master of the Mysteries” by Louis Sahagun, Process presents a special screening of Ingmar Bergman’s 1959 film The Magician with an original score performed by musician Yvanne Spevack and a live ensemble.  Bergman’s film is a mystical contemplation of a magician and his vagrant troupe of medicine-show performers as they travel through the country in the mid-nineteenth century and are hounded by a skeptical public.  Utilizing a combination of traditional orchestral string instruments, guitars, keyboards, accordion and electronic beats, the ensemble will be led by Spevack on acoustic and electric violin, musical saw, midi-synthesized electronic textures and processing. The Magician marks the second time Spevack has scored a film and performed it live, the first being Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle Of Algiers.  “Master of the Mysteries” author Louis Sahagun will be present before and after the show to meet guests and sign books.

Dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1958, 35mm, 97 min.

Tickets - $12/ $8 for members