Ben Model’s blog

  • Here are some online articles in the NY Times, Daily News, Village Voice, Flavorpill.com and Jossip.com that posted today (1/5/09) plugging tonight’s PopRally “Silent But Deadly” event.

  • Happy new year! Tuesday’s show of Chaplin Mutuals – programmed by silent film comrade Bruce Lawton, who also introduced the show – was a big success. We arrived at the Burns film center to discover the show had been moved from their medium-sized theater to the big one because of…

  • Here’s the 2-page spread for Kids/Family film programs at the Jacob Burns Film Center, from their Nov/Dec printed calendar. My parents gave me their copy (since the Burns Center didn’t send me one). The photo of me was taken when I was up at the JBFC in September to play…

  • An article appeared on the Comedy Central Insider website this afternoon, plugging the “Silent But Deadly” PopRally event. Love the headline: MoMA to Get Let Artsy, More Fartsy. This article came from a tip from the blog of Max Silvestri, the comic who will M.C. the evening. His blog entry…

  • My Google alert that I’ve set for “Ben Model” caught this listing in the New York Times for the Chaplin shorts program Bruce Lawton and I will be doing on Dec 30th at the Burns Film Center. I wasn’t sure if it was just online or not, but when I…

  • Spout.com’s blog mentions the “Silent But Deadly” event at MoMA on Jan 6. Click here to see their posting (and mine…) there. Ben

  • After some initial futzing with audio set-up we got the Miditzer sounding just right for tonight’s showing of The Gaucho at MoMA’s Titus 2 theater. This happens from time to time, but the MoMA projectionists are fantastic and they always figure out how to make this work right. Steven Higgins…

  • Today’s show at MoMA went well. Both prints were in 35mm. Two Tars looked okay…I’d be curious to A/B it against a good Blackhawk 16mm. The Cossacks looked fantastic, and while the audience really enjoyed it I found its 10 reels felt like 15. It’s a big Hollywood star vehicle…

  • pictured above, L-R: Sandra DeFeo, Steve Massa, Ron Magliozzi, Ben Model Okay, here’s what my day was like — Arrived at MoMA at 11:15-ish, went to Titus 1 and got the Miditzer equipment and rolled it through the catacombs of the museum to the education building and to the Bartos…

  • Here’s a photo of the Miditzer set up in Titus 1 theatre at MoMA. I accompanied The Last Command (2 times), Old Ironsides (2 times), Sally of the Sawdust and Hotel Imperial over 3 days on Thanksgiving weekend, using the Miditzer. MoMA’s projectionists and A/V staff were terrific getting the…