with live music. Tickets $8 General/$5 Students; comps, passes and cards not accepted
In 1924 Claude Friese-Greene (cinematographer and son of the British moving image pioneer William Friese-Greene) embarked on an intrepid road trip between the two geographical extremities of Great Britain, from Land's End in the South West to John O'Groats in North-East Scotland. He recorded his journey on film, using an experimental color process. Entitled The Open Road, this remarkable travelogue was conceived as a series of 26 episodes to be shown weekly at the cinema. Back in the 20s, Claude's two-colour tinted system failed to reach a large audience owing to heavy flicker and color fringing. Now, however, a special compilation of highlights from the journey has been restored by the British Film Institute's National Archive, using digital intermediate technology to remove the technical defects of the original. The result is a fascinating portrait of inter-war Britain, in which town and country, people and landscapes are captured as never before, in a truly unique and rich color palette. This cinematic postcard of Britain in the 1920s will be accompanied by local musicians Hank Roberts and John Stetch and make for a unique and extraordinary evening. Cosponsored with the CCA. 35mm
1926, color, 1 hour 5 minutes, UK