http://www.organicmechanic.org/2006/03/a-night-to-remember/ by Adam Harvey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2006/03/a-night-to-remember/#comment-3714 Organic/Mechanic Permalink » Le Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:38:34 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/2006/03/a-night-to-remember/#comment-3714 [...] I must admit that the first time I saw this, I slept through the majority. I was fresh from fencing practice in the womblike screening room of O’Shaughnessy Hall and there was no accompaniment to the film. In the warm dark, I snoozed through one of my top ten greatest films ever made. The second time I saw this was at an Unsilent Film show put on by the now-defunct SynthCleveland at the the now-defunct Rain Nightclub. Local electronic musicians played original compositions while the film played behind the bar. In this atmosphere I paid more attention to the hot goth girls and my Guinness than the film. Yet last night, sitting down with the Criterion Collection edition proved that third time is the charm. Like the supplementary materials for A Night To Remember, Carl Dreyer’s Passion benefits hugely from the Criterion treatment and the addition of Richard Einhorn’s magnificent Voices of Light opera/oratorio. [...] [...] I must admit that the first time I saw this, I slept through the majority. I was fresh from fencing practice in the womblike screening room of O’Shaughnessy Hall and there was no accompaniment to the film. In the warm dark, I snoozed through one of my top ten greatest films ever made. The second time I saw this was at an Unsilent Film show put on by the now-defunct SynthCleveland at the the now-defunct Rain Nightclub. Local electronic musicians played original compositions while the film played behind the bar. In this atmosphere I paid more attention to the hot goth girls and my Guinness than the film. Yet last night, sitting down with the Criterion Collection edition proved that third time is the charm. Like the supplementary materials for A Night To Remember, Carl Dreyer’s Passion benefits hugely from the Criterion treatment and the addition of Richard Einhorn’s magnificent Voices of Light opera/oratorio. [...]

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