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July 2009

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Gypsy Jazz & Silent Movies @ Saddleback

Posted by CotoBlogzz 07-01-2009 6:00 PM

Mission Viejo, CA – Saddleback College ’s Unconventional Summer Season presents The Hot Club of San Francisco Silent Surrealism on Friday, July 24^th at 8pm in the McKinney Theatre.

Photo: courtesy, Saddleback College

Imagine early 1920s Paris – a small, intimate theatre plays host to new and avant-garde cinema, specifically, the silent surrealist films of the day. The entire town seems to be present: The bourgeoisie, the big thinkers of the time, the aristocracy, and the escapists. They’ve all gathered to experience this cutting-edge art and later, will reconvene at the local cafes to discuss and debate the merits of the films, the actors, and the director. Fast-forward 80 years. Continuing this early French tradition, a similar scene plays out as The Hot Club of San Francisco presents Silent Surrealism, an evening of silent surrealist films with live gypsy jazz. The Hot Club accompanies these films with the distinctive music made famous by Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and the Hot Club de France. Silent Surrealism is a brilliant multi-media trip back to a time when the artistic and literary style emerged as a means of expressing the imagination…when writers and filmmakers were more interested in the implications of words and images and providing the audience with the opportunity to vicariously experience the unknown or unimaginable. Silent Films Presented are:It’s a Bird (Charlie Bowers, 1930, 14 minutes); Now You Tell One (Charlie Bowers, 1926, 22 minutes); The Fall of the House of Usher (James Sibley Watson, jr- director, 1928, 13 minutes) and The Land Beyond the Sunset (Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1912, 14 minutes).

Tickets can be purchased by calling (949) 582-4656 (noon-4 weekdays) or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts. Ticket prices are $36 general; $33 students/seniors/Angels; $25 children 12 and under.

An Unconventional Summer Season is sponsored, in part, by the Angels for the Arts, the City of Mission Viejo and the City of Laguna Niguel .

Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo , just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Parking is available in Lot 12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the campus and take the third left to “ Theatre Circle ,” turning right into Lot 12.

Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968, Saddleback College offers more than 300 degree and certificate programs to help students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more information, please visit www.saddleback.edu. For Fine Arts events, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.