The Mark of Zorro (1920) w/ new original score

Community Movie Night with Ygal Kaufman presents the classic silent adventure film, The Mark of Zorro (1920), directed by the great Fred Niblo and starring the legendary Douglas Fairbanks. Presented with a new original score, which was performed and recorded for a live audience at the Bunsenbrewer in Sandy, Oregon on Wednesday, December 13th, 2017. All sound and music created and performed by Kyle Stant, David Visekruna, Kevin Van Walk and Chris Rorrer. Edited and produced by Ygal Kaufman

[@animamunde9112]

González is my favorite.

[@robertvargo1129]

How dare you impose titles over the film. Do you think you are improving the classic? Really!!!!!

[@cmnyk755]

Hi Robert, we would never claim to improve on the classic. And we also prefer to screen the films in their original format without any changes, but when we screen these films live, with a band playing in the theater, we sometimes need to find novel ways to shave time off the original run-time. We also are trying to get younger viewers more involved with the films and find they're more likely to show up, or be brought by their parents, when there aren't inter-titles. We have heard from some people who hate this, and some who love it. We don't always do it, just for some films with longer run times. Playing music for over 2 hours straight without a break is very difficult.

[@robertvargo1129]

@@cmnyk755 I understand your motives but far too many are 'improving' the silents in various ways. Adjusting aspect ratio is #1. All else is secondary but to be avoided. Why not install an intermission at a logical point. This in no way tampers with the original contexts of the film. I am a film museum curator. I routinely play silent early Laurel and Hardy and Chaplin films for younger patrons. Within seconds they are enthralled and laughing out loud. I don't think anyone should 'compromise' to suit what they perceive as today's audience. Rather, expose all the original contexts and expand their appreciation of the originals.