For the third year, we start Holy Week with a silent film of the Passion. Our organist will accompany this film, creating an original, improvised soundtrack to this 1906 silent film.
Join us for the St John Silent Film Night.
We invite you to this event.
When: March 23. 2024 at 6 pm
Where: The sanctuary of our church, 216 E Chandler Blvd, Burlington, WI
Cost: It is a free event with no tickets needed. Donations are accepted and will go towards the organ and the promotion of more films.
Feel free to bring a snack, friends, family, or neighbors to see this piece of history come to life.
About this year’s feature silent film
Alice Guy-Blaché, the director and writer of La Vie du Christ (The Life of Christ), inspired this movie from the 25 paintings found in a copy of Jacques Tissot’s illustrated Bible in 1900. Each painting she turned into a scene in this movie.
Alice used the Gaumont studios in Buttes-Chaumont and the Fontainebleau forest near Paris to shoot this film.
Victorin Jasset and Henri Menessier designed the costumes and sets. However, for a long time, the film was wrongly credited to Victorin Jasset, Alice Guy’s assistant, who was responsible for directing exterior scenes and managing the extras.
We know little of the actors outside of Edouard Grisollet portraying Jesus.
We invite you to join us for this film! Feel free to bring a friend and a snack!