Listen to Tom Gurin‘s original score for “La Caméra Magique” (1905 film) performed live in Paris in December 2021 by Dhyani Heath (violin) and Jeffery Durand (piano).
The film follows a magician with a special camera (colored yellow in the still to the right). The magician shows the device to various workers who watch in amazement as the camera seems to do their tasks for them. As barrels tumble up hills and planks of wood rise spontaneously through the air onto tabletops, there is a mysterious sense that something is working backwards. The film concludes with a shocking twist.
Distribution rights for the film are held by Lobster Collections. Listen below to Tom Gurin’s original score, composed in 2021:
The ciné-concert event, called “Hello-Goodbye”, marked the transition in directorship at the Fondation des Etats-Unis. Five films were screened in the Grand Salon and accompanied by live music.
Other performances during the event included solo and group improvisations by John Kamfonas (piano), Timothée Lambert (voice), and Tom Gurin (clarinet).