The Seashell and the Clergyman
Date: Thursday December 11th
Time: 9:15pm
Location: Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh.
Steven Severin, founder member of Siouxsie & The Banshees and acclaimed solo artist, presents his new score to the 1928 Surrealist classic The Seashell and the Clergyman.
Directed by Germaine Dulac from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud, this film was premiered in Paris on 9 February 1928. Arguably the first example of Surrealist cinema, this dark, erotically-charged film is a hallucinatory story of tormented desire, guilt and conflict with daring imagery, startling effects and a sense of the absurd.
Following the feature, Steven Severin will perform a live soundtrack to six modern shorts.
First posted: Tuesday, December 9th, 2008.
