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Sound Unseen

Coming soon to The Trylon

Sound Unseen, the annual films-on-music festival, presents year round programming at the Trylon. Screenings run on the first Wednesday of every month, tickets are $8. For more information, please visit soundunseen.com.

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Wheedle’s Groove

The Trylon

Thu Oct 07 8:45
(2009, Jennifer Maas, 87min, DVD) Winner of the 1st annual Sound Unseen Int'l Duluth Jury prize, Wheedle’s Groove is a feature documentary about Seattle’s long-lost soul and funk music scene of the 1960s and 70s featuring. commentary by Seattle notable music figures like Quincy Jones, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden), Kim Warnick (The Fastbacks) and Kenny G, and using interview footage, archival materials, original music, and live performances.

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This Movie is Broken

The Trylon

Fri Oct 08 7:00
(2010, Bruce McDonald, 85min, 35mm, Canada) Unbelievable: Bruno (Greg Calderone) wakes up in bed next to Caroline (Georgina Reilly), his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight -- tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, as it happens, Broken Social Scene, her favorite band, is throwing a big outdoor bash.

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The Carter

The Trylon

Fri Oct 08 9:00
(2009, Adam Bhala Lough, DVD, 90min) The Carter is a documentary about Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil’ Wayne. Rather, it is an intoxicating, cinematic journey into the thoughts and world of an extremely complicated man whose creative force is something to behold. The result is a shockingly intimate portrait of one of the most inspired (and eccentric) musicians of modern America.

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Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy

The Trylon

Sat Oct 09 1:00
(2009, Reto Caduff, Switzerland/USA, digibeta, 86min) “I want to expand jazz,” Charlie Haden says in this riveting documentary that follows his career of more than 50 years. Now in his 70’s, Haden is one of the genre’s living legends – a bass player who has influenced generations of jazz musicians and whose music today continues to break new ground.

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Do It Again

The Trylon

Sat Oct 09 3:00
(2010, Robert Patton-Spruill, USA, digibeta, 85 min) Geoff Edgers, a newspaper reporter dreading the approach of his 40th birthday, he sets out to find the still-surviving members of the long dormant British rock band, the Kinks (“You Really Got Me,” “Lola” and “Come Dancing”), to convince them to reunite. When his initial mission fails, Edgers turns the film into a meditation on the power of music and his own chance to testify on his love for the Kinks.

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Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

The Trylon

Sat Oct 09 5:00
(2010, Lev Anderson & Chris Metzler, DVD, 103min) From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation. Laurence Fishburne narrates Everyday Sunshine, a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one.

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Trylon

Wed Oct 06 7:30 9:00 Sun Oct 10 1:00
(1926, Lotte Reininger, 35mm, 66min) More than eighty-five years since it was first released, Prince Achmed still stands as one of the great classics of animation—beautiful, mesmerizing and utterly seductive. A joint presentation with Sound Unseen, and featuring live accompaniment by Dreamland Faces.