Saturday,
June 16 at 8pm
The
Valerie Project
Co-presented
by Joseph A Gervasi
with
Live Score by members of the bands Espers, Fern Knight, Fursaxa,
Grass, Woodwose and more.
Valerie
and Her Week of Wonders
dir.
Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia, 1970, 16mm, 72 mins, color, w/
English subtitles
 The
Valerie Project was a hit at the Live Arts/Fringe Festival in
September 2006 and sold out two shows at the Anthology Film
Archives in NYC in March 2007. Now they are back for a rare,
one-night-only performance of their stunning score to Jaromil
Jires' 1970 Czech New Wave film, Valerie and Her Week of
Wonders. Valerie is a gorgeous, baroque fantasy
film about a young girl's journey into womanhood in a surreal
world populated by vampires, lecherous clergy members, earring
stealing weasels and writhing young maidens.
From
delicate harp-driven beauty, to ominous guitar and electronics,
and back to a psychedelic swirl of otherworldly female voices,
The Valerie Project stands as a testament both to the power
of Jires' rarely-seen masterpiece and the tremendous talent
of all of the musicians who created such a powerful work.
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