A Page of Madness w/ Live Score
Event description
Join Finch Community Cinema for a rare screening of A Page of Madness (1926), a haunting masterpiece of Japanese experimental silent cinema. Accompanied by original music from acclaimed silent film pianist John Sweeney.
When’s the last time you were surprised by a silent film? Impressed, dazzled, yes, but genuinely surprised? […] There’s no amount of buckling up that can prepare a well-versed silent cinephile for the utter unheralded weirdness of Teinosuke Kinugasa’s A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ichipeiji). - Michael Atkinson for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Disorientating, mesmerising and utterly unique, this pioneering work of experimental horror from director Kinugasa tells the story of a man who begins working at a psychiatric hospital to be closer to his institutionalised wife. Produced by the avant-garde arts group Shinkankakuha and presumed lost for decades, the film utilises a fragmented structure and kaleidoscopic layered exposure to visualise a world of insanity.
Preceded by a short intro from event programmer Ellen Cleary.
Tickets are pay-what-can on a sliding scale starting at £5. 15% of all ticket sales go to the Al-Jawad camp fundraiser.
Doors 7:30pm. Screening starts 8pm.
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
