Tag: MoMA

  • “Poil de carotte” at MoMA (2nd show)

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    Ben Model

    May 4, 2009 – played for “Poil de carotte” again at MoMA this afternoon, without incident. Score went better (for me, anyhoo) as expected. Recorded blogcast and my score, as I did yesterday (see below). Here’s a chance to see how when I play for the same film twice in two consecutive days the score…

  • Poil de carrotte

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    Ben Model

    May 3, 2009 – played for Poil de carotte (“Carrot Top”), the 1925 silent directed by Julien Duvivier. I recorded my blog entry as a blogcast/podcast on my digital recorder while walking home from MoMA after the show (so that’s why I sound a little out of breath), rather than come home and do a…

  • Cruel and Unusual Comedy in MoMA calendar

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    Ben Model

    Just got the PDF of MoMA’s May/June 2009 members calendar, with the full listings for Cruel and Unusual Comedy in it. Am posting the pertinent pages from the calendar here; click on the images below to see them larger. Unfortunately, due to space restrictions, there was no way to include info or a blurb about…

  • Mar 4: Beau Brummel & The Iron Horse

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    Ben Model

    Mar 4 – I can’t put my finger on why, but Valentino’s Monsieur Beaucaire and Barrymore’s Beau Brummel are two of my least favorite mid-20’s silent dramas. Perhaps there’s something about putting either of these two dynamic personas in a European powdered-wig melodrama. Beau Brummel also ends a few times. Don’t get me wrong –…

  • Will new FilmLinc staff cuts affect “Golden Silents”?

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    Ben Model

    I saw an article online this morning announcing the layoffs of eight staff members at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Sayre Maxfield, who programs the “Golden Silents” series at FilmLinc, is one of the staffers being let go, as is Will McCord who runs the “Young Friends of Film” program there. Click here to…

  • Stuart Oderman photos

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    Ben Model

    Just got these photos in from my friend, photographer Steve Friedman, who is also a major silent film fan and Buster Keaton maven. These were taken in the lobby near Titus 1, and the posters you see in the background are from the Batiste Madalena poster exhibit. photos by Steve Friedmanwww.stevefriedmanphoto.com

  • Ben Model on NY1 – January 2000

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    Ben Model

    Just uploaded this video to YouTube. This was aired in January 2000, during MoMA’s six-month silent film series coinciding with their museum-wide “MoMA 2000” gallery exhibitions. I was playing for 5-8 shows a week. If my years at NYU as an accompanist was silent film accompaniment boot camp – as I often refer to it…

  • Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood and a pair of comedies

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    Ben Model

    Today was a “marathon” — three shows in one day. Unlike running a marathon, though, I felt a little exhilarated instead of wiped out. Playing organ for two of the three shows was a factor, and so was playing for four Douglas Fairbanks pictures. The day started at 12:30 with Robin Hood, which went over…

  • In Again – Out Again

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    Ben Model

    Here’s the first four mins of my performance at tonight’s show at MoMA of Douglas Fairbanks in “In Again – Out Again”: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WHIpvtj8G8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1]

  • “Silent But Deadly” PopRally on spout.com

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    Ben Model

    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