Tag: martha otte

  • Fall 2009 kicks off

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    Ben Model

    Here’s a snapshot of what’s what with me. It’s going to be a very busy and exciting fall, with 15-20 shows each month. I’ll try to be better about posting, and will try to retro-actively post about the shows I did in August bit by bit. I‘m back in NYC, after a great week in…

  • Tromsø school show photos

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    Ben Model

    Here you see me and Martha Otte, festival director, presenting stumfilm to a group of 5th graders at Verdensteatret on Fri, Sept 5th. Each student got a piece of 35mm film so we could explain what film itself was and (briefly) that our brains turn a series of still pictures into moving images. I had…

  • 3 school shows in Tromsø

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    Ben Model

    Sept 5 ’08 – Tromsø, NORWAY — Photo above is of me holding yesterday’s “Nordlys” daily paper, showing the big spread given to “Stumfilm Dagere”. Notice the photo of Buster Keaton in Seven Chances, which I’ll be accompanying on Sunday with the Miditzer. The kino (Norwegian for cinema, or movie theater, pronounced “CHEE-noh”) has a…

  • Tromsø, Norway – day 1

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    Ben Model

    Here’s a first report from Tromsø and the first installment of what I hope will be a regularly posted (weekly?) video blog that will be on YouTube and will also turn up here: Opening night film was The Passion of Joan of Arc, with score by Matti Bye. Friday found me up bright and early…