[NewMusicEvents] live music to cult Russian silent sci-fi movie 5/19

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

at 21 Grand | 416 25th St. (at broadway, near 19th st bart) | Oakland

Ahl-i Nafs live music to "Aelita, the Queen of Mars"

 Saturday, May 19, 2007 8:30pm
 Description:
"Aelita, the Queen of Mars", or "The Revolt of the Robots" was the first
science fiction film ever made in the Soviet Union, and the most expensive!
It featured lavish sets, magnificent costumes, and thrilling special
effects, all influenced by the work of the constructivist and cubist art
movements. Designed by Alexandra Exter and Isaak Rabinovich, these
incredible avant garde designs had a profound influence Fritz Lang's
"Metropolis", as did the film's plot. Based on a novel by Alexei Tolstoy,
the plot tells of a Soviet expedition to Mars, which ends with a revolt of
the oppressed population of the planet against its tyrannical leader,
Aelita! Directed by Yakov Protazanov in 1924, "Aelita" remains one of the
crowning acheivements of the Soviet film industry, and a genuine silent
sci-fi classic. The live soundtrack music performed by the Ahl-i Nafs will
be appropriately spacey and constructivist!

cost: $7-10