That's when I reach for my orchestra

[rmd]

I found a way to make the latest (and likely final) restoration of Lang's "Metropolis" even better! Live music. In this instance, live music from Alloy Orchestra, a 3 man (one of whom is Roger Miller of Mission of Burma and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic) ensemble that does music for silent films. Substantially non-period, but really quite good. It ran tonight to a sold-out house in the main stage of the Somerville Theatre.

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No previews. IIRC, there was a bit of introduction, but it was introducing the film as well as them - no big fanfare.