Tag: stumfilm dagere

  • Sept 1, in Tromsø Norway – school show

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    Ben Model

    Here is a new videoblog entry from my first day (back) in Tromsø, Norway. You’ll get to see what the Verdensteatret theatre looks like, and get a glimpse at one of the three shows we did for groups of 5th-graders.

  • 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…

  • more photos from Stumfilm Dagere i Tromsø

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    Ben Model

    This is the Verdensteatret Kino (“kino” means cinema), with banners hung for the festival. I love their logo of a dialog balloon with an “X” where dialog would be. This is the oldest kino in Norway. Here is a photo of one of the murals that line the walls of the Verdensteatret (translated: “World Theater”).…

  • 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 fest announced online!

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    Ben Model

    Stumfilmdagere i Tromsø has just been announced online. Click here to see the website (and make sure to click on “Enlgish” in the upper right corner of the webpage).

  • 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…