A TRICK OF THE LIGHT – 4K RESTORATION PREMIERE / CONCERT VERSION
Cinema Modernissimo, Bologna (Italy)
A TRICK OF LIGHT is a film about the beginnings of cinema and its German inventors: the Skladanowsky brothers from Berlin. Wim Wenders and a group of students from the Munich Film Academy shot the film in 1995 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of film, using stylistic devices from silent cinema, including a hand-cranked camera from the 1920s producing16 frames per second.
The film music by French composer Laurent Petitgand also pays homage to the silent film. The world premiere of the restored version in Bologna will create a special viewing and listening experience: Laurent Petitgand, who wrote the music for ten of Wenders‘ films, including TOKYO-GA, FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! and THE SALT OF THE EARTH, will perform and accompany the screening live at Cinema Modernissimo – with electric piano, saxophone, harmonica, and guitar.