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Criterion Close-Up – Episode 42 – Silent Film Music with Ben Model

Criterion Close-Up – Episode 42 – Silent Film Music with Ben Model

Update: 2016-06-27
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Mark and Aaron welcome Ben Model, silent film historian, accompanist, distributor, and enthusiast. He gave a presentation about “undercranking” on Criterion’s release of Chaplin’s The Kid. We discuss the idea of undercranking, scoring silent music, and the state of silent media today theatrically and in the home video market.




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Special Guest: Ben Model from Silent Film Music and Undercrank Productions. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


0:00 – Intro and Welcome Ben


1:15 – Ben’s Criterion Connection


4:00 – Discussion and explanation of undercranking


18:20 – Ben’s background


24:00 –Silent films on Criterion and other labels


27:20 – Silent Film Kickstarters


38:00 – Silent Film discussion



Episode Credits





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Criterion Close-Up – Episode 42 – Silent Film Music with Ben Model

Criterion Close-Up – Episode 42 – Silent Film Music with Ben Model

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