FILMUSIK: Kansas City Confidential @ Hollywood Theater | March 10-12
March 8, 2010 — PDXPIPELINEPosted by Dan Wheeler
FILMUSIK, Portland's premiere live soundtrack ensemble, is back at the Hollywood Theater from March 10-12. They've stripped the original score from the 1952 noir classic Kansas City Confidential and written a new one to be performed live while you watch the film.
FILMUISK's greatest strength is their flexibility. They have provided pitch perfect accompaniment for everything from Japanese monster movies to Spaghetti Westerns to Superman cartoons to Plan 9 from Outer Space. They match every mood and tempo so matter how silly and no matter how serious.
Kansas City Confidential is a serious movie. It is frequently cited as an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. During it's original run it was advertised with the apt tagline “Exploding like a gun in your face!” Its plot revolves around an ex-con, John Payne, who is driving a floral delivery truck and trying to go straight. He gets framed for a million dollar armed car robbery and pursues the real culprits to Mexico. And it just gets noir-ier from there.
An all new jazz soundtrack will be performed live by an ensemble consisting of a brass section, jazz trio and string quartet. There is a level of emotional depth that live music can bring to a film that recorded music cannot. Put on your best hat, smoke a cigarette (outside) and feel it for yourself firsthand. This show looks to be a flinty piece of business.
Video trailer after the break…
Find all of of the Pipeline's coverage of previous FILMUSIK shows here: Missile to the Moon, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Death Rides a Horse and Gamera vs. Guiron.
FILMUSIK @ Hollywood Theater: Kansas City Confidential
Mar 10th, 11th and 12th
7 PM
Tickets $10 – Students/Seniors $8
Hollywood Theater
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR‎
(503) 281-4215‎
