Saw my first hybrid concert/movie tonight

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Last year, I saw a concert version of The Triplets of Belleville, a French or French-Canadian animated movie. The orchestra members did the singing, but there was almost no dialog beyond grunting and such, and I was under the impression the orchestra did that too. They did all the sound effects, including one guy who played a newspaper as a musical instrument!

I enjoyed it quite a lot. I have a ticket for a concert version of Birdman in January. I have not seen this movie, but I understand it was good, and the concert stuff can only make it better, right?

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I saw Gladiator this way. I hadn’t seen the movie before, and I think I would have enjoyed the music more if I wasn’t trying to follow the story.

Plus the film quality was not good. Have considered going to the same venue for Star Wars if they offer it again.

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Saw Abel Gance movie Napoleon at the San Francisco Opera House complete with 3 projectors and a symphony orchestra. That was a spectacle.

The most memorable though was the first farewell to the San Francisco Fox theater in November of 1962, Gaylord Carter accompanied “The Mark of Zoro” on the mighty Wurlitzer organ. The organist, the movie and the theater created a unique experience.

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I had not been aware that the hybrid concert/movie was a thing. Sounds like a fun experience.

Ooh, that would be a good one, with that iconic John Williams score played live.