LONESOME (SOLITUDE)
Accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra

NARRATIVE (SILENT), US, 1928, 72 minutes

Director: Paul Fejos
Producer: Universal Studios
Based on a story by Mann Page
Presented by Stella Pence, Co-Director, Telluride Film Festival and 2006 High Falls Film Festival Elizabeth Cady Stanton “Thorn in the Side” Award Honoree; and Patrick Loughney, Curator, Motion Picture Department, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

A classic charmer from 1928, the transitional period between “silents” and “talkies”, LONESOME at High Falls will be given anything but classical treatment with the renowned Alloy Orchestra providing the sound track. Paul Fejus’ romantic comedy brims with humor, pathos, energy and movement, although the plot is familiar. The story takes place in New York City, where two lonely people, Jim and Mary, live in the same building, and work in the same factory, but don’t know each other. They both hear an advertisement for Coney Island. and decide to take a bus to the amusement park... As the movie that touched off the Telluride Film Festival in 1974, LONESOME represents the height of silent film artistry, and tells a delicious and universal love story.

The Alloy Orchestra is a world-renowned three man musical ensemble which has appeared at numerous prestigious film festivals and cultural centers in the U.S. and abroad, including the Telluride Film Festival, the Louvre, Lincoln Center, the Academy of Motion Pictures and the National Gallery of Art. Alloy has helped revive some of the great masterpieces of the silent era. An unusual combination of found percussion and state-of-the-art electronics gives the orchestra the ability to create any sound imaginable. Utilizing their famous "rack of junk" and electronic synthesizers, the group generates beautiful music in a spectacular variety of styles.