Out of Competition
North American Premiere


A SYMPHONY IN IMAGES
UNA SINFONIA EN IMAGES



Country of production: Spain
Year: 2003
Language: non-verbal
Mins: 57

Director: Carlos Rodriguez
Script: Carlos Rodriguez
Music: Hector Berlioz
Editing: Carlos Rodriguez
Producer: Asun Lasarte
Production company: Morgan Creativos Cine-TV, Quincena Musical De San Sebastian
Source: Asun Lasarte
Morgan Creativos Cine-TV S.L.
San Bernardo 24-2
28015 Madrid
SPAIN
Phone: +34 6 7941 2067
morgancrea@infanegocio.com

A celebrated silent opera comes to life through silent film.

"La Symphonie Fantastique," by Hector Berlioz, is a treasured work of the classical canon. After Berlioz fell desperately in love with a young actress, he composed the celebrated "Symphonie Fantastique," to impress her and prove his love.

Berlioz had envisioned his masterwork as a sort of "silent opera." In fact, he considered it essential that the public read the plot before each concert, so they realize the work's crucial dramatic components. Here, that story is brought to life through an outrageous and powerful montage of images. Fragments from the works of such directors as Lang, Murnau, Pabst, Griffith, Clair, and Luis Buńuel, as well as many other lesser-knowns are united, combining to tell Berlioz's tale.

The resulting film is an often mind-blowing and eternally fascinating work, though not a documentary except by the most outlandish stretching of the term. Nonetheless, we are delighted to be showing it alongside BERLIOZ'S TRIP, which is a documentary, in a special program presented with the Silent Film Society.

Carlos Rodriguez was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1966. He studied at the Film School in Madrid, then worked as a director for Canal Plus Spain. In 2001, he established his own production company, Morgan Creativos.

filmography as director
(selected)
BERLIOZ'S TRIP (2004)
A SYMPHONY IN IMAGES (2003)
ENCADENADOS (2002)
HUSTON & JOYCE (2001)
ORSON WELLES IN THE LAND OF DON QUIXOTE (2000)
HITCHCOCK: NO LIMIT TO FICTION (1999)
COPPOLA: A MAN AND HIS DREAMS (1999)

Director Carlos Rodriguez in person!

Friday 02-Apr-2004 6:30 PM Gateway Theatre
Screening with BERLIOZ’S TRIP