This masterpiece of silent cinema will be screened in 35mm and accompanied by composer and pianist Taz Modi.
Chicago Reader review:
Victor Sjostrom's 1924 silent film features a rare restrained performance by Lon Chaney, as a disgraced scientist who works as a circus clown while plotting his revenge. Sjostrom is probably best known to most filmgoers for his performance as the old man in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries, but as a director, both in Sweden and the U.S., he pioneered a naturalistic style that is still unsurpassed in its grace and lyric subtlety.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is an extract.
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