About this Event
Doors at 7pm, screening at 7:30pm
Bored with his wife (Janet Gaynor), their baby and the dull routine of farm life, a farmer (George O'Brien) falls under the spell of a flirtatious city girl (Margaret Livingston) who convinces him to drown his wife so they can escape together. When his wife becomes suspicious of his plan and runs away to the city, the farmer pursues her, slowly regaining her trust as the two rediscover their love for each other in this award-winning silent classic.
F.W. Murnau's "Sunrise" (1927) conquered time and gravity with a freedom that was startling to its first audiences. To see it today is to be astonished by the boldness of its visual experimentation. Many of the best moments involve superimposed images. At one point, we see the man being enveloped by two ghostly images of the woman from the city. We see a train passing in the foreground while extras walk in the middle distance, and the city rises in the background. We see a frenzied nightclub scene, musicians on the left, dancers in the center, all seeming to float in a void.
Kinonik’s excellent 16mm print of this classic film has a musical soundtrack.
Tickets:
$10 - General Admission
$8 for Mechanics' Hall Members - check your email on Monday 4/29 for a special link with the discounted ticket! Email [email protected] to check your membership status or to renew or sign up as a Mechanics' Hall member
About Kinonik
Kinonik is a 501c3 non-profit corporation formed in 2016. They have a large collection of 16mm films made from 1900 through 1970 that they conserve in a studio in Portland. They screen selections from their films using xenon 16mm film projectors to audiences of all ages. They have partnered with St. Lawrence Arts, Space Gallery, Portland Museum, Yarmouth Historical Society, Maine Film Association, Mayo Street Arts, and Friends of Congress Square Park to show their films to audiences of all ages.
Their mission is to collect and preserve 16mm movies, present films from their archive, educate and entertain their community, and support the appreciation of film as an art form. Their programming is multi-generational, designed to introduce the digital generation to the analog experience through screening 16mm films in mechanical projectors. They welcome everyone from 6-year-olds to 90-year-olds at affordable screenings of rarely seen classic films in friendly venues. The focus of the collection is auteur-directed films and other films of artistic, social, and cultural significance from the early silents to the early 1970s, including features, shorts, documentaries, animation, and experimental/art films.
Key to Kinonik's mission is the preservation of the analog experience in this digital world. The experience of seeing a film on film, with an audience of fellow film lovers, all staring up at a projected black and white image on a big screen has been mostly lost in this world of streaming films on LED panels. This film experience at Kinonik is not just nostalgic; it is the way that these works of cinematic art were intended to be experienced.
They have shown films at venues including SPACE, St. Lawrence Arts, Congress Square Park, Alice Gauvin Gallery, the Yarmouth Historical Society, and the screening room at the Kinonik studio. They have also loaned their 16mm films to the Cinéclub/Film Society de Montreal and to other cineaste organizations. They welcome collaborative relationships.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mechanics' Hall, 519 Congress Street, Portland, United States
USD 10.00