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It will be on February 15 and 16, at the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center |
The Department of Education, the City of Cartagena, will bring the silent cinema to schoolchildren in Cartagena.
It will do so with the screening of 'El Maquinista de la General', by Buster Keaton.
The film can be seen at the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center, on February 15 and 16, at 11:30 and 10.30, respectively.
This activity is aimed at students from the fourth grade.
The activity will last approximately one hour and forty-five minutes, and will be divided into presentation, projection and interactive game.
During the screening seven musicians will perform the original music of Andrés Santos.
The music will be perfectly synchronized with the image and the scenes.
In the composition, musical styles belonging to traditional jazz predominate.
The Machinist of the General 'is one of the great masterpieces of cinema of all time.
It belongs to the silent or silent cinema, and was shot 91 years ago.
The film is based on a real event that took place during the Civil War in the United States, the so-called great locomotive chase and is an adaptation of William Pittenger's book.
When dealing with cinema without sound, at the time the projection was usually accompanied with live music, usually improvised.
In this case, the music is played live and is completely synchronized with the image, adapting to the rhythm of the film in its scenes and sequences.
In music, musical styles belonging to traditional jazz predominate: ragtime, dixieland and swing.
The 'Station Band' is composed of seven musicians: drums, percussion and banjo, double bass, piano, clarinet, trombone and trumpet.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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