The advent of sound cinema standardized film playback at 24 frames per second, but silent films were played at various speeds, sometimes differing from reel to reel within the same film. In this audio essay, recorded in 2017, Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg explores the debate over the proper frame rate for THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC.
This version of THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC plays at 24 frames per second. The film was initially accompanied by various pieces of live music, but there is no evidence that director Carl Th. Dreyer chose a definitive score for it. Here, the film is accompanied by a 2017 score by Will Gregory and A...
This version of THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC plays at 20 frames per second. The film was initially accompanied by various pieces of live music, but there is no evidence that director Carl Th. Dreyer chose a definitive score for it. Here, the film is accompanied by a piano score composed and perform...
Richard Einhorn composed the oratorio “Voices of Light,” inspired by Carl Th. Dreyer's THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, in 1994. In this 2017 interview, Einhorn discusses his extensive research into the life of Joan of Arc.
