Dir.: Robert Siodmak, Script: Billy Wilder, b/w, 73 min, Germany 1930
As part of the cultural programme accopmpanying the exhibition
“Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios”, Matthew Nolan and Rachel Grimes, with guest Mary Barnecutt bring a new, original live score to this cinematic paean to the last days of Weimar Germany. Filmed on location in Berlin, using a cast of amateurs in roles based on their actual day jobs, the film sustains a lyrical tranquility as people swim, listen to music, flirt, and generally enjoy their time away from the daily grind. People on Sunday was an unassuming but groundbreaking response to the big-budget films being produced by UFA at the time, and boasted a crew of young German cineastes who would later become major filmmakers in Hollywood: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer and Billy Wilder.
"The new musical score to ‘People on Sunday’ is based on a creative response to that which we don’t see. This compositional strategy allows us to echo those internal psychological and narrative meanings behind and beyond the images. For us there is a haunting duality to Siodmak and Ulmer’s vision of 30s Berlin and the new score reflects this sense of social or even political turbulence. Ultimately, our aim is to offer the viewer another way of seeing the movie apart from the surface view." Matthew Nolan and Rachel Grimes
Matthew Nolan (guitar and electronics) is a Dublin based musician, curator, and academic who specialises in the creation of original music for movies from the silent era. He has also produced new music for several award winning Irish films over the last ten years.
Rachel Grimes (piano and electronics) is a composer and pianist who creates music for chamber ensembles, orchestras, film, and collaborative live performances. She scores for film and multi-media installations and has licensed music to numerous film and TV works internationally.
Mary Barnecutt (cello) is a Dublin-based musician and curator who works with a variety of bands, orchestras and educational projects. She has written music for short films, theatre and dance productions and produces and records her own music under the name Mary & the Pigeons.
Tickets are available
here.
The accompanying cultural programme to the exhibition
"Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios" also comprises a
documentary film programme and a lecture series. The events brochure is available
here.
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland
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