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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Walter Ruttmann |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 13 May, 1928 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Image Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White |
| TYPE: | Classics (Silents/Avant Garde) |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 014381467321 |
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Customer Reviews of Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
An amazing film... deserves way more stars than five!! Pioneering German director Walther Ruttman weaves a beautiful , rapturous look at Berlin during the height of the Weimar Republic. Everyday life is captured and extolled, from the heights of wealth to the nobility of labor, along with the splendor of modernity, from vast, efficient factories (which still look impressive) to the leggy glamour girls of the capital city's globally notorious nightlife. Most of all, though, there's the immense artistic vision of the director, piling on one perfectly composed, poetically thoughtful shot after another, rhythmically editing them together in a groundbreaking montage style. "Berlin" was indeed a seminal film; numerous other "city symphonies" proliferated in its wake, and the music-montage style is clearly echoed in Godfrey Reggio's "Koyaanisqatsi," and its sucessors, "Powaqqatsi" and "Baraka." This is where it all started -- a masterful and fascinating film, and a nice glimpse at life in one of Europe's greatest cities. Pity, then, that Ruttman went on to become a Nazi propagandist, and died making films for the Reich during WWII, although really, I suppose it was inevitable.
If you have motion sickness take a Dramamine before viewing
Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927), Berlin before it was flattened. If you remember this you are in trouble. It is a beautifully designed film. Try to spot the main streets and buildings. It is like taking a day trip into history. The music score is by Timothy Brock. The same person that wrote the score for Liebe der Jeanne Ney, Die (1927)
After watching the movie you need to look at the book Lost Berlin by Susanne Everett
A fascinating documentary.
This fascinating documentary shows us virtually everything that happened in the city of Berlin during the course of one day in 1927 -- without the benefit of a soundtrack, of course, but this is no handicap at all. Almost every filmmaker who sees this film is inspired to make an imitation of it, and you will understand why when you see it. Nothing better in this vein has ever been done. A must-see.