The Silent Movies Screen Test No. 1>6, with references to Wharol, began as studies for a film production. Silent film, expressionist acting, melodrama, remnants of adolescent memories of college, And um she...! She was also starting up a band! No-no-no! She was PLAYING in a band! ANOTHER band! It was some band called - I dont remember! Anyway!
Notes: "All films are composed of hundreds of still images at a rate of 10 still frames per second. The texts used are fragments from Episode 6 of Life and Times (which was a damaged recording, so only a few pieces remain). Pavol would spend typically a day (8 hours) shooting the individual stills for each film with the actors involved. The stills were shot in color and then I imported the stills in Final Cut, changed them to black and white and applied other filters to simulate silent film stock. I also created the titles and selected music to accompany the films." (Kelly Copper/NTO)
Featuring Ilan Bachrach, Gabel Eiben, Julie LaMendola, and Kristin Worrall. Filmed in a hotel room in Zurich by Pavol Liska. Edited by Kelly Copper in New York. Music by Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No. 12 as played by Franco-Swiss pianist Alfred Cortot (1933).
Featuring Anne Gridley, Matthew Korahais, and Alison Weisgall. Filmed at Black Box Theater in Oslo by Pavol Liska. Edited by Kelly Copper in New York. Music from the motion picture Spellbound, Miklós Rózsa, conductor (1945).
Featuring Elisabeth Conner and Robert M. Johanson. Filmed at BIT Teatergarasjen in Bergen by Pavol Liska. Edited by Kelly Copper in New York. Music by Beethoven. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op.13 "Pathetique" as played by Artur Schnabel (1935).
Featuring Daniel Gower and Dany Naierman. Filmed at Rockheim (Avant Garden) in Trondheim by Pavol Liska. Edited by Kelly Copper in New York. Music is George and Ira Gershwin's The Man I Love as interpreted by organist George Wright on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
Silent Movie Screen Test No. 5 (Paris)
Featuring Anne Gridley and Julie LaMendola. Filmed in an apartment in Paris by Pavol Liska. Edited by Kelly Copper in New York. Music by Debussy: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 as played by the Budapest String Quartet (1940).
Silent Movie Screen Test No. 6 (Ghent)
Featuring Fumiyo Ikeda. Filmed at Vooruit in Ghent by Pavol Liska. Edited by Kelly Copper in New York. Music is Tango Jalousie, performed by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (1925).
