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VOX LUMIERE is a unique live performance
that combines theatre, original music and silent film to create a completely
new entertainment experience. Musicians, singers, dancers, and state-of-the-art
multi-media, weave together with classic silent film in a thrilling retelling
of timeless movie masterpieces.
VOX LUMIERE has performed in the US and Europe receiving awards, and
excellent critical and audience reviews. VOX LUMIERE was also honored
by the Cinematheque Francaise with a special performance in Paris. VOX
LUMIERE "translates" internationally because the music is universal,
and the films’ intertitles are easily recreated in any language.
THE FILMS
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
One of the first film adaptations of Victor Hugo's novel about hunchback
Quasimodo's love for Esmeralda. The sheer spectacle of production and
Chaney's poignant, star-making performance are unforgetable. For the
filming Chaney wore a hump and harness weighing 60 pounds, twisting
his torso to feel the pain of Quasimodo and delivering a performance
that earned him worldwide fame.
Metropolis (1927)
Generally considered the first
great science-fiction film, Metropolis fixed for the rest of the century
the image of a futuristic city as a
hell of scientific progress and human despair. From this film, in various
ways, descended ``Dark City'', ``Blade Runner,'' ``The Fifth Element,''
and Batman's Gotham City. The laboratory of its evil genius, Rotwang,
created the visual look of mad scientists for decades to come.
Metropolis employs vast sets, 25,000 extras and astonishing special
effects to create two worlds: the great city of Metropolis, with its
stadiums, skyscrapers and expressways in the sky, and the subterranean
workers' city, where the clock face shows 10 hours to cram another day
into the workweek. Lang's film is the summit of German Expressionism,
the combination of stylized sets, and dramatic camera angles.
Peter Pan (1924)
Long before Cathy Rigby, Mary Martin, or even Walt Disney, the "Boy
Who Wouldn't Grow Up" stole the hearts of children young and old.
Peter Pan first opened as a play in London on the day after Christmas,
1904. While it drew on a fund of Christmas pantomime traditions including
the "principal boy" (played by a girl), fantastic fairyland
settings, strange creatures and amazing special effects, the play's
phenomenal success was certainly due to the extraordinary character
of Peter Pan
himself. Don't miss one of VOX LUMIERE'S favorite shows!
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric
singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role of Marguerite
in Faust for the unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this masked
phantom in the catacombs, where he lives. What's his goal ? What's
his secret ? This brilliant film based on Gaston Leroux's classic
novel featuring Lon Chaney, in his greatest role, as the masked composer
who lives deep within the Paris Opera House. Chaney is the entire
film, with the eerie unmasking scene that still makes audiences gasp! Intolerance (1923)
Intolerance is regarded as one of the greatest American films of
all time. The grandeur of this spectacle has never been topped.
Intolerance consists of four separate but parallel stories portraying
intolerance throughout four different ages of human history spanning
2,500 years. The image of Lillian Gish rocking the cradle serves
to link the stories.
Vox Lumiere - Silents You Can Hear™
Can't decide? Time constraints that don't allow for a long
presentation? No problem. Vox Lumiere has created the essentail
Vox Lumiere just for you. An amazing 60 minute program featuring
the most exciting moments from these silent film masterpieces. Our
corporate clients can also select individual segments from
these "greatest
hits" that will fit any requirement.
FUTURE FILMS
The Mask of Zorro
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Nosferatu
Faust
Oliver Twist
Ben Hur
The Wizard of Oz
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
The Three Musketeers
The Black Pirate
What people Are Saying
" Vox Lumiere joins Cirque du Soleil, Stomp and other one-of-a-kind theatrical
experiences
audiences crave!"
-- The Daily Breeze "Silent film, projected above a stage, with live "Vox
Lumiere joins Cirque du Soleil, Stomp
musicians, singers and dancers and other one-of-a-kind theatrical experiences
performing along with it. that audiences crave."How friggin' cool is that?" Dally Breeze
-- Phlllylist.com Times
"
absolutely riveting, an ambitious production that fuses original music and live
performance with famous silent films"
--
LA Times
"Without any existing equivalent, the
best way to compare Vox Lumiere is to say it's the musical "Rent" meets
a weekend midnight showing of "The Rocky -Horror Picture
Show," where performers act out parts of the film.
-- Daily Breeze
"The juxtaposition of film and music is' perfect."
--
Talkin'
Broadway.com
"Vox Lumiere perfectly enhances the trials and tribulations
of Lon Chaney's beleaguered Quasi modo. "
--
LA Weekly
"Vox Lumiere boldly-enhances this 1926 cinematic masterpiece."
--
Moviemaker
Magazine
"Vox Lumiere's music convey the film's drama - caressing
the most tender moments - and arouse the full spectrum of emotions."
-- La Dauphine Libere
"Future Vox Lumiere productions include THE PHANTOM OF
THE OPERA and PETER PAN. I'll be there!"
--
Curtalnup.com
"
An opera for our modern times where music from the 21st century
marries, in perfect harmony and delight, with the images filmed
in the early 20th century...
Hats off!"
--
La Provence
"... the dynamic group rocked the sold-out house..."
--
Science
Fiction.com
''Throughout the 93 minutes, everyone's eyes were riveted
to the performance."
--
La Provence
"From the beginning of the first act, the-audience was
transported ... "
--
La Dauphine Libere
":..an intense experience not soon forgotten."
--
Talkin'
Broadway.com
"...an original and compelling work magnificent.. 'a
masterpiece!"
-- La Dauphine Libere
"With Vox Lumiere, this film has found a new birth."
--
Vendredi
"Kevin Saunders Hayes and his brilliant musicians and
singers give life through a musical score that reawakens the
film. Phenomenal..."
--
La Provence
"...the music is always intriguing and crosses several
genres, from gothic, to punk to pop."
-- Daily Breeze
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