Feb 26, 2009 | 1 Comment | ByHarriet Fleuriot
One of the brilliant acts bolstering the talented musical line-up for our Closing Night Party & Festival Awards on the 13th Feburary is the “indiefied gypsy jazz duo” Plaster of Paris. Having experienced the band’s magical performances twice before, and them both stamping a hearty impression on me to call myself a fan, I was keen to ask them who they are, how they are and what they like.
Molly and Lewis perform as Plaster of Paris. Photo courtesy of Francesca Perry
Harriet Fleuriot: Really thrilled that Plaster of Paris are in the festival again (PoP played at the Whitechapel event at BEVFF08). I have seen you perform a couple of times now at other events, and each one was always slightly different but consistently compelling, so what new delights are you bringing along to the Closing Party?…What have you been up to in the last year?
Thankyou! We had a fantastic time last year and are big fans of the festival. So yes, this year has been great… Festival season was super fun playing Bestival, Secret Garden and Glastonbury… Read the full story
Feb 25, 2009 | 5 Comments | ByBirds Eye View
Our amazing retrospective programmers, Kelly Robinson and Ingrid Stigsdotter, give us some insight into some of cinemas first celebrities and most alluring vamps.
Greta Garbo
At a time when complaints about our celebrity-obsessed society seem to be everywhere, it is worth reminding ourselves that sensationalism has played an important part in film culture for a very long time. Among the actresses celebrated in this retrospective, Greta Garbo (The Temptress) is perhaps the one name that almost everyone still seems to recognise, but during the silent era, several of the stars in our programme were A-list celebrities.
Theda Bara
Theda Bara (A Fool There Was) was the first actress to establish a vamp persona on film and the first publicity-created star. Although Bara was American she was presented as an exotic French-Italian who had spent her childhood near the Sphinx in Egypt.
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Jul 25, 2008 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View
Juice
Last weekend BEV re-ran one of our fabulous Clowning Glories events from this year’s festival at the BFI. The amazing singing trio Juice performed their specially commissioned score to Danger Girl - a romping comedy starring early film diva Gloria Swanson. It went down a storm… well done the girls!
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