Plymouth’s eclectic The Pit Orchestra will revive one of its landmark works this December with a special film-with-live-orchestra performance in celebration of the centenary of what is considered one of the greatest films ever created, Battleship Potemkin.
For one night only on 13 December, University of Plymouth’s The House performing arts centre will journey audiences to a Russian...
Dir: Sergei Eisenstein Running time: 66 mins Cert: PG
Eisenstein’s hugely influential masterpiece and one of the most famous silent films ever made will be accompanies by a new live score created and performed by The Imperfect Orchestra, an eclectic ensemble of musicians who mix classical and modern instruments.
Focusing on the naval mutiny of the failed 1905 Soviet Revolution, the ‘Odessa Steps’ sequence is still recognised as one of the most important, innovative and inflammatory scenes created in cinema and remains as shocking and provocative as when it was first...
