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Panoramic View of the White Pass Railroad (1899) - Phenakisto score

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 1d

Phenakisto score for Thomas Crahan's "Panoramic View of the White Pass Railroad" (1899): youtu.be/HD6rNvwO7pE

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 2d

Coming soon...premiering on YouTube in December.
THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE (2025, 60 mins.)
New experimental feature film.
Soundtrack by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social / Modern Silent Cinema.
Trailer here: youtu.be/ktb9OZ5-6bE

Modern Silent Cinema - Free Download Codes

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Cullen Gallagher @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social · 2d

Had a bunch of Bandcamp Yum codes sitting around for older Modern Silent Cinema albums, posted them here. #musicsky #bandcampcodes
www.modernsilentcinema.com/free-downloa...

I have a ton of free Bandcamp download codes just sitting around for some older albums—so, I'm offering them to anyone who wants a digital copy of an album. If you use a code, just email me at moderns...

www.modernsilentcinema.com

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Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 2d

From Saturday: filming some footage for a new movie. Again taking an improvisational approach. Footage inspires ideas, which in turn inspire more footage as the structure begins to take form. Interested in observing details, employing different approaches and letting this shape the film.

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 4d

This month at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 5d

A new score I recorded for James H. White's "Panorama of Eiffel Tower" (1900).
I love the final moments of this film when the passers-by stop and look at the camera with real excitement at the novelty of being filmed: youtu.be/ExeULyEqUH0

Panorama of Eiffel Tower (1900) - Phenakisto Score

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 6d

Still image from SURVEILLANCE FILM (2025, 104 mins.)
Took some visual inspiration for this shot from Murnau's sparse, haunting shots of the forest printed in negative form in "Nosferatu" (1922).
Watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 6d

All of my personal films and music are available for free online. 60 short films, 9 features (10th one coming soon), and my experimental music & silent film remixes are on my YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/@mattBarryMo...

Also uploading to the Internet Archive for free download.

Matt Barry

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Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 6d

A year ago...
On location filming for "Surveillance Film"
The film is now available to watch for free on YouTube:
youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 8d

"Surveillance Film" is out now on YouTube to watch for free (currently at 140 views).
I will be releasing my 10th feature "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" free on YouTube later this year. Making both of these back-to-back created an interesting contrast in the tone each one took.

Panorama of Esplanade by Night (1901) - Phenakisto score

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 8d

The inspiration for making "Surveillance Film" was coming across a $20 camcorder at a bargain outlet store. The image it produced made me think of low-res surveillance video. It inspired the idea of a filmmaker hired to shoot surveillance footage for an unknown purpose.

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 10d

New Phenakisto score for Edwin S. Porter and James H. White's "Panorama of Esplanade by Night" (1901):
youtu.be/PvaheLF1NLo

Surveillance Film (2025) | FREE Independent Experimental Feature Film

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 13d

youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg

YouTube video by Low Budget Visions

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 15d

This month at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)

The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908) - Phenakisto score

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 16d

New Phenakisto score for Wallace McCutcheon's "The Sculptor's Nightmare" (1908): youtu.be/rwGVwziGHwU

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Cullen Gallagher @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you @aleardley.bsky.social !

Eardrum Buzz Radio @eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social · 28d

Now Playing on Eardrum Buzz Radio: Passage XXIX by Modern Silent Cinema

Welding the Big Ring (1904) - Phenakisto Score

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Eardrum Buzz Radio @eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social · 25d

Now Playing on Eardrum Buzz Radio: Passage XXIV by Modern Silent Cinema

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Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 23d

New Phenakisto score for "Welding the Big Ring" (1904), part of the Westinghouse Works series directed by G.W. Bitzer.
youtu.be/qeNgOnBNDg8

Phenakisto - Return to Roundhay Garden

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 24d

Phenakisto - Return to Roundhay Garden
More music for early cinema
youtu.be/n97ut8HpAVY

Phenakisto - Arrival of a Train

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 24d

Phenakisto - Arrival of a Train
Music for early cinema
youtu.be/e3FwoxNGgh4

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 25d

It's at the Enoch Pratt library Central Branch in the 1st Floor Makerspace. Our next screening is Sat. October 25 at 1PM with Herzog's NOSFERATU, a new short horror film from Japan, and a guest filmmaker with two horror-themed videos.

Mesmerist and Country Couple (1899) - Phenakisto Score

Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social · 25d

New experimental improv score by Phenakisto for J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith's "Mesmerist and Country Couple" (1899)
youtu.be/Z2pjg2tziS4