by Sonya Patel Six months ago, Geoff Gersh sat down to watch the silent black and white film Blancanieves. Before it even finished, he knew he wanted to rescore it for the Live Sound Cinema (LSC) series at Nitehawk Cinemas. “I like dark art movies and images,” Gersh said. “I just find it inspiring and this has a lot of that.”
The 2012 film, written and directed by Pablo Berger, “combines elements of Snow White
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So is Blancanieves playing at Nitehawk? When?
Unfortunately Blancanieves is no longer playing with the live score at Nitehawk. You can watch the original film on Netflix or Hulu.
Nitehawk’s Live Sound Cinema series is playing two other movies with a live score before Geoff Gersh’s Reel Orchestrette’s score to the Films of Alice Guy Blaché. See the full schedule here: https://www.nitehawkcinema.com/series/live-sound-cinema/.
I love his work…super talented!