‘Silents Synced’ where classic silent movies paired with rock music from R.E.M. & Pearl Jam 2025

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https://deadline.com/2024/06/silents-synced-pairs-classic-movies-rock-music-1235984148/

Blue Starlite, an independent drive-in theater in Austin, Texas, has announced its first national cinema event series, Silents Synced, where classic silent movies will be paired with rock music from Radiohead, R.E.M., They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Pixies, and Amon Tobin.  

Silents Synced series 1 is the first of multiple series to be produced by Blue Starlite Entertainment, the new content arm of the independent drive-in.

The content screenings will be distributed this fall via a partnership with independent event cinema distributor CineLife Entertainment, a division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, which is now booking independent indoor and drive-in cinema networks domestically.

Silents Synced’s first season will kick off in the fall of 2024 with Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with Nosferatu (1923), with future films slated to follow every four months.  A world premiere of Silents Synced “Radiohead: Nosferatu” will take place in advance of its national launch in the fall. 

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https://www.rogerebert.com/features/silents-synced-pairs-silent-classics-with-90s-alt-rock-its-a-gen-x-thing

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Silents Synced reimagine silent films by pairing them with compositions by Radiohead, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, and more. Details.

Classic silent movies reborn with music by Radiohead, REM, Pearl Jam and other alt rockers https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-09-19/silents-synced-nosferatu-x-radiohead

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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-09-19/silents-synced-nosferatu-x-radiohead

The project is the brainchild of Josh Frank, who has written plays and books about music, as well as owning and programming independent movie theaters in Austin, Texas. “This is the culmination of everything I’ve been involved with creatively,” he says. “The theme here is what else can you do with your favorite music? It’s about the theatrics of putting on a show for people and using what I’m passionate about, which is music and experimenting with narrative.”

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demetrios said:

https://emekstudios.com/products/nosferatu-with-radiohead

JimmyV

Interesting. Cool find. Thanks for sharing. 

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https://www.nakatomiinc.com/products/sherlock-jr-x-r-e-m-silents-synced-series

Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. (Silents Synced Series)

By Chris Bilheimer

Poster for the second film in the Silents Synced film series, pairing Sherlock Jr. with music by R.E.M. Directed by and starring Buster Keaton.

Print is signed by the artist. Will ship by mid-November.

demetrios

Guessing next up it's They Might Be Giants then .. Pearl Jam.

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https://youtu.be/suUiSDbIGFY

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JimmyV said:

Interesting. Cool find. Thanks for sharing. 

No problemo.