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Hey frans, we're gonna be playing a special show for the Images Festival in a few weeks, which is weird for us a bit. It's scoring this movie from 1928 about a magician who goes to Zanzibar to rescue his gf from the natives or something. It's very confusing. It's going to be like when Arcade Fire scored The Box but less good. No, we won't be playing any songs from our new record (which features 4 NOFX covers by the way). Invite yourself on FB HERE.
(ps - big news on FRIDAYYYYYYYY)
posted by HiddenWorld at 10:16 AM
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Plot
Phroso (Lon Chaney) is a magician with moderate success who daily performs on stage with his wife Anna (Jacqueline Gadsen) as his assistant. Unbeknownst to him, Anna is having an affair with a man named Crane (Lionel Barrymore). One evening, Crane reveals to Phroso that he will be moving to Africa with Anna. Proso attempts to stop him, but gets pushed off a balcony during the struggle that follows, after which he loses the ability to walk, earning him the nickname 'Dead-Legs'. After a period of time, Phroso finds his dead wife in a church, along with a newborn baby. Convinced that Crane is responsible for her death, he swears that he will get his revenge.
Eighteen years later, Phroso is living with Doc (Warner Baxter), Babe (Kalla Pasha), Tiny (Tiny Ward) and Bumbu (Curtis Nero) in a jungle near Zanzibar in the midst of a local tribe. He uses his illusions and magic tricks to scare the natives, who start to believe that they are plagued by voodoo, caused by an evil spirit. The leader of the tribe, Crane, suspects that it is a scam of someone trying to rob him from his ivory. Meanwhile, Phroso has sent Doc to Zanzibar to pick up a young, blonde sweetheart from a brothel, and bring her back under the pretense that she will meet her father. The young woman, Maizie (Mary Nolan) is enraged when she finds out that she has been the victim of a scam, but her attempts to escape from the jungle prove unsuccessful.
Doc tries to make her feel at home as much as he can, but Phroso's horrible treatment of her provokes a feisty attitude on her side. Maizie wins over Doc's trust, and tries to turn him against Phroso, advising him to stand up to him. Doc, on the other hand, feels that she should not indulge with alcoholism and prostitution. Phroso, meanwhile, has found out that he will be receiving a visit from Crane about the ivory robbery in three days. Crane is unaware that he will be meeting Phroso, and thinks that he is on his way to a random thief. Seeking his vengeance, Phroso looks forward to the meeting and plans on killing Crane.
An old tribal custom has it that, when a father dies, the daughter has to be burned at the stake. Knowing that this will happen to Maizie if he kills Crane, Phroso lets the savages have their way with her. While she is suffering from alcohol poisoning, Crane reveals in laughter that she is Phroso's daughter, not his. Furthermore, he admits that Anna never went along with him, because she hated him for paralyzing Phroso. After these revealings, Phroso tries to reconcile with Maizie - who is unaware that he is her father because she passed out - but she has no interest in him and wants to leave instead. However, the natives have shot and killed Crane and, believing that Maizie is his daughter, are now after her.
Doc wants to help Maizie escape, but Phroso tells him that there is no hope for her but go through the ceremony. Reluctantly, she prepares herself, only to find out during the ceremony that Phroso is helping her escape with a magic trick including a coffin with two layers. While Doc and Maizie escape the island, the natives find out they have been scammed and burn Phroso instead.
That sounds awesome, hope it gets recorded and released at some point. It's gonna be right up there with when Ebola scored La Strada.
stop jocking arcade fire so hard. its super lame. get over it.
stop using the word jocking , its super lame. get over it.
M, can u just email me the "Big News" so I can the word out now..
Thanks
Joe
Stop using the word lame, it's so North American, i.e. shit.
You know, I guess you guys are right.
It does sort of look like a volcano.
Sorry about that.
P.S. - It does look more like an Atlas page though. Not saying it doesn't look cool though, because it looks cool. Oh yeah, and you're all a bunch of lousy squares.
"It's gonna be right up there with when Ebola scored La Strada."
Funniest joke in the comments section for YEARS.
I bet there's no news today.
Hey mike
It's FRIDAYYYYYYYY
What's Up ?
Check this out folks:
http://www.davidcomestolife.com/
Cool "warming up thing" ... although, I am not that impressed with the first song ... BUT maybe it's one of those songs that grows on you over time ...
Saturday, April 9 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Toronto Underground Cinema
186 Spadina Ave.
Admission: $15 general / $12 students, seniors, advance
Tickets at Rotate This, Soundscapes & imagesfestival.com
+Rotate This address:
801 Queen Street West
Open Mon-Sat 11am-8pm; Sun 12pm-7pm
+Soundscapes
572 College Street
Open Daily 10am-11pm
Saturday, April 9 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Toronto Underground Cinema
186 Spadina Ave.
Admission: $15 general / $12 students, seniors, advance
Tickets at Rotate This, Soundscapes & imagesfestival.com
+Rotate This address:
801 Queen Street West
Open Mon-Sat 11am-8pm; Sun 12pm-7pm
+Soundscapes
572 College Street
Open Daily 10am-11pm
If this film score goes well, are you going to bring it on tour? Like to the Europa?
Yeah, congrats on the feature.
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