This Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., a Silent Film Event in Half Moon Bay will be hosted by the Coastside Film Society. This great silent film will be accompanied by Shauna Pickett-Gordon. The piano music accompanying the images of Sunrise will consist of music both written and improvised, both familiar and original. Running time is 110 minutes.

Pickett-Gordon said, “This is the fourth year we’ve done the event. The first three years were delightful, silly comedies, whereas this Friday’s film will be a big, dark melodrama. I’m having great fun concocting the score, as Sturm und Drang, conflict, and the eternal struggle between good and evil afford so many opportunities for musical expression. See the link for details on the film.

Do come! If I do say so myself, this is a very under-priced event at $8 for adults and $3 for children.

BTW, there will be one intermission. I’ll play for 45 minutes, we’ll all take a short break, and then back into the sweep of the silver screen for the second half of the film.”

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SUNRISE: A Song of Two Humans (1927) directed by F.W. Murnau

Community United Methodist Church, 777 Miramontes, Half Moon Bay

Friday 22, February 2013

Film begins at 7:30 p.m. — arrive early to get a good seat.

$8 adult / $3 child

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See a YouTube clip about this project (thanks to Joe Devlin for the film)

Coastside Film Society website