Pera Film’s Tune In! Music and Cinema: Central European Films program explores the multifarious presence of music in the cinema of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Music is undisputedly one of the most engaging common grounds for different generations and subcultures. This selection of Central European films presented in the framework of the Visegrad Group’s cultural collaboration features musicals, films on music and musicians, and films with stunning musical score embracing music in diverse ways.
The musicals are represented by a unique selection: a witty and charming, Pop-Art fairytale film entitled The Insanely Sad Princess featuring Czechoslovak popular music icons; Stephen the King, a Hungarian rock opera of the 1980s generation’s response to Broadway and West End trends instigated by Andrew Llod Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar musical. Similarly to Miloš Forman’s Hair, the Czechoslovak hippie film Ballad for the Bandit is based on the legendary musical theatre of Brno’s Goose on the String Theatre and voiced feelings of a generation challenging the establishment. All That I Love depicts how music and cinema intertwined can tell the story of the politically turbulent period of the early 1980s - the time of oppressive martial law and the rise of Solidarity in Poland. The Polish documentary The Queen of Silence is about a deaf gypsy girl falling in love with Bollywood – and film illustrates the ways in which the power of music can change lives
Stunning film scores are most emblematic in these films, especially with the Czech New Wave; the film Marketa Lazarová is a medieval epic film with music by celebrated Zdeněk Liška. He also composed the score to the Slovak “bromance” motion picture The Copper Tower, set in the monumental scenery of Tatra Mountains. The film Marketa Lazarová introduced Slovak actress Magda Vášáryová and her sister Emília Vášáryová starred in The Copper Tower and also the Slovak “mountain western” film The Return of Dragon accompanied by the score of Ilja Zeljenka. Zbigniew Preisner’s score for Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique won him worldwide reputation.
V4 / Visegrad Group is an alliance of four Central European states – Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – for the purposes of furthering their European integration, as well as for advancing cultural, economic etc. cooperation with one another.
Complementing Pera Film's "Tune In!" program, Istanbul based quintet Flapper Swing will perform a concert on 17 November Thursday at Pera Café. Held at Pera Café, the concert is free of admissions. Space is limited, drop in.
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
In cooperation
İzmir Polonyalılar Kültür ve Dostluk Derneği
Supported by
The Consulates of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia
November 12
19:00 The Double Life of Veronique
November 16
The Queen of Silence
November 18
The Insanely Sad Princess
21:00 Ballad for the Bandit
November 19
13:00 Marketa Lazarová
16:00 Ballad for the Bandit
18:00 Balaton Method
November 20
14:00 The Double Life of Veronique
16:00 The Copper Tower
18:00 All That I Love
November 22
19:00 The Queen of Silence
November 23
The Return of Dragon
November 25
Birds, Orphans and Fools
21:00 The Queen of Silence
November 26
12:00 The Return of Dragon
14:00 The Copper Tower
19:00 All That I Love
November 30
Johnny Corncob
December 2
18:00 Stephen the King
20:00 The Return of Dragon
21:30 Johnny Corncob
December 3
12:00 Johnny Corncob
14:00 Birds, Orphans and Fools
16:00 Stephen the King
18:00 Marketa Lazarová
December 4
14:00 The Insanely Sad Princess
17:00 Balaton Method
December 12
12:00 Johnny Corncob
November 12
19:00 The Double Life of Veronique
November 18
19:00 The Insanely Sad Princess
21:00 Ballad for the Bandit
November 19
13:00 Marketa Lazarová
16:00 Ballad for the Bandit
18:00 Balaton Method
November 20
14:00 The Double Life of Veronique
16:00 The Copper Tower
18:00 All That I Love
November 22
19:00 The Queen of Silence
November 25
19:00 Birds, Orphans and Fools
21:00 The Queen of Silence
November 26
12:00 The Return of Dragon
14:00 The Copper Tower
19:00 All That I Love
December 2
18:00 Stephen the King
20:00 The Return of Dragon
21:30 Johnny Corncob
December 3
12:00 Johnny Corncob
14:00 Birds, Orphans and Fools
16:00 Stephen the King
18:00 Marketa Lazarová
December 4
14:00 The Insanely Sad Princess
17:00 Balaton Method
Program Trailer
In 1998 Ben Jakober and Yannick Vu collaborated on an obvious remake of Marcel Duchamp’s Roue de Bicyclette, his first “readymade” object. Duchamp combined a bicycle wheel, a fork and a stool to create a machine which served no purpose, subverting accepted norms of art.
In 1962 Philip Corner, one of the most prominent members of the Fluxus movement, caused a great commotion in serious music circles when during a performance entitled Piano Activities he climbed up onto a grand piano and began to kick it while other members of the group attacked it with saws, hammers and all kinds of other implements.
Today we are thrilled to present the first playlist of Amrita Hepi’s Soothsayer Serenades series as part of the Notes for Tomorrow exhibition. The playlist titled Two-handed is presented by Kübra Uzun on Pera Museum’s Spotify account.
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