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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 3d

Good for you, showing these films to your daughter!

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SciCommic @scicommic.bsky.social · 4d

Love how silent films are regaining popularity; especially with younger audiences.

Last time our daughter came up, we showed her Keaton’s The Neighbors. Last night it we watched The Goat.

She’s a big fan of Metropolis.

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed my music. And the film!

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whiskeybooks.bsky.social @whiskeybooks.bsky.social · 3d

Watched tonight! A few days late for Silent Movie Day. Your score is terrific and I enjoyed the movie.

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday, Buster! My Silent Clowns Film Series will celebrate next weekend with a program of BK's classic comedy shorts, on Oct 12 at the Leonard Nimoy Theater at Symphony Space. For deets and tix follow the link.
www.symphonyspace.org/events/silen...

Silent Clowns Film Series - Buster Keaton: 4 Classic Comedies

Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and comm...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 5d

She's terrific!

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 5d

Honored that there was cake served after last night's showing of "Sunrise" (1927) at Bowdoin College! Kudos to Prof. Tricia Welsch (also an SCWP superfan) for arranging for this and for everything else yesterday. It was great getting to share silent film with both of her Film Studies classes!

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Katie Grote @katiegrote.bsky.social · 5d

This is so wonderful! She was my professor in the early ‘00s and one of the best profs I ever had. I’m so glad she’s still doing things like this!

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks! Glad you liked my scored for this.

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 6d

Big news: this year's Ernie Kovacs award will be presented to Fred Armisen! I will be at the Dallas Video Festival event on November 22, and playing for Keaton's "The Cameraman" the night before. Details are at www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 6d

Murnau at Bowdoin! Looking forward to playing for students by day and for "Sunrise" by night. We're running the feature at the speed Murnau wanted, 100 ft/min (around 27 fps).

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Silent Movie Day! The National Film Preservation Foundation hired me to score 2 rare silents for their online screening room to celebrate. Here's the other one, "Way Out West" (1920) starring Hank Mann.
www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Silent Movie Day! The National Film Preservation Foundation hired me to score 2 rare silents for their online screening room to celebrate. Here's the first, "Poisoned Paradise" (1924) starring Clara Bow, Kenneth Harlan and Raymond Griffith.
www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 11d

The site "Why So Blu?" has posted an excellent review of our release of the restored "The Bat" (1926)!
whysoblu.com/the-bat-1926...

The Bat (1926) (Blu-ray Review) | Why So Blu?

Silent cinema fans have reason to celebrate with the new Blu-ray release of The Bat (1926), a cornerstone of the old dark house mystery tradition. Directed by Roland West and based on Mary Roberts Rin...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 12d

Indeed! Marlene is the best.

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 12d

The Undercrank Productions restoration of "Father Was a Loafer" with Billie Ritchie will screen at the Pordenone silent film festival. My new blog post (in my comment below) has the scoop! This film was part of our 2018 Alice Howell homevid project.
silentfilmmusic.com/alice-howell...

Alice and Billie Go To Pordenone

I'm pretty sure next month's screening of Father Was a Loafer (1915) will be the first time Alice Howell's Cupie-doll face will hit the big screen at the Pordenone Silent film festival. The Pordeno...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 12d

Print Magazine has posted a great interview with Marlene Weisman, the brilliant artist who's designed all the covers for my Blu-rays & DVDs as well as the one for my book. Steve Heller is a legend in the field, himself, and I'm thrilled that he's featured Marlene.
www.printmag.com/daily-heller...

The Daily Heller: A New Old Approach to Vintage Films and Music – PRINT Magazine

Marlene Weisman talks silent film design.

www.printmag.com

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 14d

The physical media site "Mighty Chroma" has posted a comprehensive interview with me about my various efforts and my process to restore and release rare silent film gems on Blu-ray via Undercrank Productions.
@mightychroma.me
mightychroma.me/blog/ben-mod...

Ben Model, Undercrank Productions, and the joy of silent movies on disc

Welcome to Label Talk—a new series where we sit down with label founders, preservationists, archivists, and all the people who make physical media possible. I’m a massive movie fan and a proud physica...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 14d

The physical media site "Mighty Chroma" has posted a comprehensive interview with me about my various efforts and my process to restore and release rare silent film gems on Blu-ray via Undercrank Productions.

mightychroma.me/blog/ben-mod...

Ben Model, Undercrank Productions, and the joy of silent movies on disc

Welcome to Label Talk—a new series where we sit down with label founders, preservationists, archivists, and all the people who make physical media possible. I’m a massive movie fan and a proud physica...

mightychroma.me

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 14d

Hey there, Maine classic film fans! I'll be accompanying a screening of "Sunrise" at Bowdoin College next week. My second time playing there, all thanks to Prof. Tricia Welsch, who will also have me as guest speaker-accompanist at her classes. Show details are at calendar.bowdoin.edu/event/ben-mo...

Colorful lobby card for the 1927 silent film "Sunrise" directed by F.W. Murnau

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 16d

The AFI Silver Theatre has announced some of the films in their upcoming Silent Film Showcase! 2 of these are silents that I'll be accompanying. The screening of Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" will also be a book-signing event for "The Silent Film Universe".
silver.afi.com/events/detai...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 18d

Tonight's film is "Underworld" (1928) at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater! I spent the day viewing and researching the LoC's holdings on some comedy shorts for an upcoming project, as well.

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 20d

Last year's "Nosferatu" show was a huge hit, and this year we're doing "Phantom of the Opera"! Presented by The Center at West Park at the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, where I'll be bringing my virtual Wurlitzer in to their majestic sanctuary.
www.eventbrite.com/e/cwp-specia...

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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 24d

I'm the guest on the new episode of the Golden Silents Podcast with Stewart Lee, talking in-depth about my book "The Silent Film Universe". Listen in whereever you get your podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Golden Silent Films Podcast @goldensilentscast.bsky.social · 24d

We are back and this time we’re bringing in silent film accompanist and historian, Ben Model! It was a great chat about silent movies and his new book, “The Silent Film Universe”! Available on all podcast outlets! @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social

Apple Podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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