Death strikes in the experimental film DANSE MACABRE. It was meant to perfectly synchronize with Camille Saint-Saëns' symphonic poem. Theaters could buy sheet music or special player piano rolls. - ThreadSky

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moviessilently.bsky.social • 42 days ago

Death strikes in the experimental film DANSE MACABRE. It was meant to perfectly synchronize with Camille Saint-Saëns' symphonic poem. Theaters could buy sheet music or special player piano rolls.

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terraincognita1968.bsky.social•42 days ago

I came upon this on utube a few months ago. 😘

virgil500.bsky.social•42 days ago

MTV

kezzie112.bsky.social•42 days ago

Even though it's obviously macabre, the effects in these early films are spectacular and actually quite beautiful!

mystoragebench.bsky.social•42 days ago

Did they licence the piece specially as a third party? Or was it more an adaptation in the first place?

moviessilently.bsky.social•42 days ago

The piece was out of copyright at the time, they were attempting a classical music series but this was the one and only

mystoragebench.bsky.social•42 days ago

That's a short copyright period 😧

mystoragebench.bsky.social•42 days ago

Also, is the tiny Wikipedia article wrong about it being part of a series of twelve?

moviessilently.bsky.social•42 days ago

I cover the history of the series in my review

mystoragebench.bsky.social•42 days ago

Having now read that, it does sound like an awesome watch 🙂

As for the Wikipedia article (always fun to find one you can fit in a whole screencap), is it simply incorrect that a series of twelve films exists then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre_%281922_film%29

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