THE ANVIL ORCHESTRA
The Anvil Orchestra will perform live silent film accompaniment at The Ross for two special Fright Fest screenings: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI on October 25 and A PAGE OF MADNESS on October 26.
$20 General Admission / $25 Seniors & Military
$20 Friends Members & Students / $5 UNL Students (with student ID)
Featuring musicians Terry Donahue (Alloy Orchestra, Concussion Ensemble) and Roger Clark Miller (Alloy Orchestra, Mission of Burma, Trinary System), The Anvil Orchestra – formerly The Alloy Orchestra – performs unique live musical accompaniment to silent films, transforming the viewing experience for audiences across the United States and abroad.
Learn more about the Anvil Orchestra in the video below, which was created for their recent performance at the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival.
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 – 7:30 p.m.
A crazed doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in this quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema from director Robert Wiene. Arguably the first true horror film, CALIGARI set a brilliantly high bar for the genre and remains terrifying nearly a century after it first stalked the screen. 1920 | 67 min | Not Rated
A PAGE OF MADNESS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 – 7:30 p.m.
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife in this surreal experimental silent horror gem from director Teinosuke Kinugasa. 1926 | 70 min | Not Rated