Over three nights, co-curators John Williams and Gustavo Dudamel will explore the history of Mexican cinema alongside the Hollywood Golden Age at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 25, 26, and 27. Under Dudamel’s direction, this three-day event will celebrate an exhilarating era in cinema for both Mexico and the United States, providing film education for novices and enthusiasts alike.
Grimy Goods has tickets to giveaway to the Saturday, Oct. 26 show courtesy of our friends at the Walt Disney Concert Hall! And our editor @GrimySandra is giving away a family and friends 4-pack of tickets to the matinee performance on Sunday, October 27, which begins at 2 PM.
Enter the giveaway below and learn more about the performance.
Williams’ name alone holds enough weight to make this show worthwhile. Who better to curate a presentation of cinema history than a living legend whose scores define entire decades’ worth of films?
The program’s first half is dedicated to Mexican cinema, beginning with Silvestre Revueltas’ score for La noche de los Mayas, an appropriate start considering the 1939 film is set during the Mayan era. Apart from original scores, there are also three tributes dedicated to pillars of Mexican cinema in the early years, including filmmaker Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, and actor Mario Moreno, AKA Cantinflas.
As for the second, classic movies such as Double Indemnity, An American in Paris, Dr. Zhivago, and Casablanca take the spotlight through compositions that remain part of the collective conscience. Similar to the first half, legends such as Bette Davis and James Dean also receive their own moments, with Williams’ arrangements for “Hooray for Hollywood” and “A Tribute to Bette Davis.”
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