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,… Read More »Comedy Central Insider posts “Silent But Deadly”
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… Read More »Charlie Chaplin show at the Burns Film Center – NY Times
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… Read More »“The Gaucho” w/Douglas Fairbanks at MoMA
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… Read More »John Gilbert in “The Cossacks”; audio from “Two Tars”
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… Read More »long day at MoMA
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… Read More »Madalena weekend at MoMA
A DVD that I scored for Unknown Video about a year ago has just been released (on Nov 15). It’s the William S. Hart film Sand (1920), mastered from a real nice, sharp color-tinted print. I did a Miditzer theatre… Read More »William S. Hart DVD of “SAND” now available
Yesterday’s showing of Douglas Fairbanks’ The Three Musketeers went quite well. Much better crowd than I’d expected, as usually dramas mean a dip in audience turnout at the Silent Clowns series. Getting the Miditzer to the N-YHS and back was… Read More »Three Musketeers @ SCFS
The December 2008 edition of Westchester Magazine has a piece on me in it. They’d contacted me about this in September; they have a profile in each monthly issue of a local (or hails-from) resident who then recommends his/her top… Read More »Westchester Magazine: “Top 5 picks”