Aelita: Queen of Mars
Year Released: 1924Directed By: Yakov Protazanov
Starring: Yuliya Solntseva
(NR, 100 min.)
Musician Dick Price presents his live score for this 1924 silent Russian science fiction film. The version presented here is a streamlined and edited version, though the politically correct story about the proletarian “Boxhead” uprising against the “Ruler” class remains intact. Price accompanies himself on piano playing a score that combines newly written material with familiar riffs from many popular tunes. The movie combines Martian costumes with Constructivist set design, Price and his collaborator Keith Kritselis have added some new title cards, and surprise live antics are promised. There are only two more Wednesday night performaces of Price's follow-up to his sold-out fall presentation of Nosferatu.
Marjorie Baumgarten [1994-02-25]
