Tillie's Punctured Romance
(2004)
John is presently performing music with a five-piece group known as TILLIE'S NIGHTMARE for the 1914 silent film entitled "Tillie's Punctured Romance." This is a newly restored 90-minute film featuring Charlie Chaplin in his first full-length flick. The screening of this new print with live musical accompaniment premiered in Los Angeles on July 29th, 2004 at the Academy of Motion Pictures. On October 13th, 2004, John and the group accompanied the film at the Pordenone Film Festival in Italy. It was also performed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in March 2005 and at MassMOCA in North Adams MA in August 2006.
