Blue Starlite, an independent drive-in theater in Austin, Texas, has announced its first national cinema event series, Silents Synced, where classic silent movies will be paired with rock music from Radiohead, R.E.M., They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Pixies, and Amon Tobin.
Silents Synced series 1 is the first of multiple series to be produced by Blue Starlite Entertainment, the new content arm of the independent drive-in.
The content screenings will be distributed this fall via a partnership with independent event cinema distributor CineLife Entertainment, a division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, which is now booking independent indoor and drive-in cinema networks domestically. “Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” said Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced.
Frank continued, “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbusters films?
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