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For Boston-area movie fans, this month brings a rare chance to experience LA ROUE (1923), a sprawling masterwork of early cinema from Abel Gance (director of NAPOLEON). The film will be presented as intended—on the big screen, with live music, in one day, and restored to its original running time of just under SEVEN hours. And yes, I intend to improvise a live score in real time for the entire picture! LA ROUE tells the story of a railroad engineer who adopts an orphaned girl following a train accident. The ensuing decades bring both joy and tragedy in a film that is by turns ambitious, ground-breaking, and revolutionary. Recently restored to Gance's original 1923 cut, the complete LA ROUE clocks in at at an astonishing 412 minutes. Starting at noon, the Brattle Theatre will screen it in four parts with three intermissions, including a meal break half-way through, ending at 8:30 p.m. So please join us for what is sure to be an unforgettable shared experience. See you at the movies—and maybe the nearby Mount Auburn Hospital afterwards!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street,Cambridge,MA,United States
