Silent Film "The Last Command" [Film]
Organization: Mindshift Institute
Location: Center For New Knowledge

114 Main St., 2nd floor

Northampton, MA 01060

Phone: (413) 587-4004
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Email: mindshiftcntr@aol.com
Website: http://www.mindshiftinstitute.org

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Date: 02/12/2010
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Cost: free
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Silent Film Festival February 12 at 6 pm The Last Command Directed by Josef Von Sternberg Friday Night Josef von Sternberg is one of the great filmmakers in the history of the cinema. He is credited with creating the screen persona of the internationally-acclaimed actress Marlene Dietrich in such classic films as The Blue Angel, Morocco and Shanghai Express. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Morocco and Shanghai Express. His silent film, The Last Command, is one of the great films of its era. The actor Emil Jennings won the first ever Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the film. He plays a down-and-out character actor in Hollywood who once had been the head of the Russian Czar's Imperial Army. A Soviet filmmaker has come to Hollywood to make a movie about the Russian Revolution and discovers the former high-ranking officer picture in the head-shots of actors he is reviewing for parts in the film. He immediately recognizes the former officer --and casts him as himself in the film-within-a film. It is a tale of revolution, patriotism, love and betrayal that presents us with complex characters and offers no pat, easy solutions. It is also one of the best movies about the Hollywood system of making movies. Von Sternberg’s creation of a film-within-a-film is brilliant. We hope you can join us for an exciting movie and great conversation afterwards—all with free pizza!

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