After the live scoring on June 7, the audience can meet again the famous artist at the screening of Matthew Mishory's documentary Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean included in No Limit section of Transilvania IFF. Mishory colaborated with Severin for the score of his short film inlcuded in British Institute's archive Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman.
Joshua Tree, 1951 is an intimate portrait of James Dean on the cusp of achieving notoriety as both a great actor and an American icon. Set primarily in the early 1950s and focusing on Dean's experiences as an up-and-coming actor in Los Angeles, the film is a series of revealing vignettes that blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present a pivotal moment in a remarkable life.
