Dryden Theatre screens silent film Faust accompanied by 10-piece orchestra Nov. 6

Willem Breuker Kollektief from Holland performs original score

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House presents the 1926 silent film Faust accompanied by a new score from the 10-piece jazz orchestra Willem Breuker Kollektief of the Netherlands. The event, taking place at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, is a co-presentation between The Bop Shop, George Eastman House, the University of Rochester, and Eastman School of Music.

Master expressionist F. W. Murnau (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh) hit a crest with his rendering of Goethe's classic Faust (Germany, 106 min., Digital Projection). In the film Emily Jannings plays the diabolical Mephistopheles, who tempts an aging alchemist with the promise of eternal youth for a small price...his everlasting soul. Murnau pushed the limits of visual creativity, using experimental optical effects to create the cinematic equivalent of strum und drang.

Faust will be brought to life by the Willem Breuker Kollektief, which performs jazz in a theatrical and often unconventional manner, drawing elements from theater and vaudeville. "The highly theatrical Willem Breuker Kollektief is a supreme example of jazz that developed far away from American influences" (Chicago Sun-Times). The orchestra features saxophone, trumpet, harmonica, trombone, tuba, piano and synthesizer, and percussion.

Admission is $10 general admission/$8 students and members. Advance tickets are available at dryden.eastmanhouse.org, (585) 271-3361 ext. 295, the Eastman House admissions desk, and the Dryden Theatre box office (No Take-10 tickets or passes will be accepted.) For more information call (585) 271-4090 or visit dryden.eastmanhouse.org.

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