SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm (Eastern) Lillian Gish in Victor Sjostrom's 1928 silent masterpiece The Wind. Lillian Gish stars in one of the artistic pinnacles of the silent era, never before shown at the Cinematheque. She plays a delicate young woman from Virginia who travels West to live with relatives on the lonely Texas plains. There the relentless wind and dust, coupled with the crudeness and brutality of the locals, drive her to near madness. As the foremost filmmaker of the Swedish silent cinema, director Victor Sjöström was lured to Hollywood where he made a handful of movies, including this masterpiece. At age 78, he starred in Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 classic Wild Strawberries.

Silent with music track. 35mm. 75 min.

Special admission $13; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, and those age 25 & under $10. No passes or twofers. Free parking available. For more info and Covid restrictions, visit cia.edu/cinematheque.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 @ 6:45pm (Eastern) The Nightlight Film Society is celebrating its first-ever Silent Movie Day on 9/29 with one showing only of what critics and several say is the “greatest silent film ever made.”

F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans premiered on 9/23/1927. An allegorical tale about a man fighting the good and evil within him. Both sides are made flesh - one a sophisticated woman he is attracted to and the other his wife.

The black and white “moving picture shows” of the early 1900s and 1920s are the vintage ancestors of today’s 21st-century movies. To celebrate the medium that launched modern-day Hollywood and established the pre-eminent art form of the 20th century (and with an official proclamation from National Day Archives certifying the day), the inaugural National Silent Movie Day will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.

“Silent film is a living, breathing art form—not a relic of the ancient past,” says Leonard Maltin, film critic, esteemed cinema historian, and best-selling author. “The best examples of the medium still amaze and entertain audiences of today. The goal of National Silent Movie Day is to broaden that audience and expose newcomers to the magic spell that these vintage movies create.”

We will be having a special introduction and a conversation following. One night only, Sunrise returns to the big screen in all of its glory.