A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts8 Joulu 2024

INTERVIEW: Juliet Merchant, film composer & musician

Composer and musician Juliet Merchant joins host Ally Pitts to discuss some of the silent films she has written scores for.

At the time of recording, six of the films Juliet has composed scores for are available on the streaming service Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland.

Here’s a link to a 30-day free trial: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/

If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.

The films are: Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924)

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Lev Kuleshov; 1924)

Girl with the Hatbox (Boris Barnet; 1927)

House on a Volcano (Hamo Bek-Nazaryan; 1929)

Love's Berries (Oleksandr Dovzhenko; 1926)

A Life for a Life (Yevgeny Bauer; 1916)

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

julietmerchantmusic.com/

The Golden Silent Films podcast

HippCast: The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival podcast

Ally Pitts on Media-eval: a medieval pop-culture podcast with Dr Sarah Ifft-Decker: The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 1928)

Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929)

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