{"product_id":"berlin-symphony-of-a-great-city","title":"Berlin, Symphony Of A Great City","description":"Berlin, Symphony Of A Great City DVD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY Carl Mayer Weimer SEALED \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eType: \u003c\/label\u003e Movie \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePlatform: \u003c\/label\u003e DVD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/label\u003e Flicker Alley \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eReleased: \u003c\/label\u003e 2015 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eMedia: \u003c\/label\u003e DVD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cshortdescription\u003e\u003c\/shortdescription\u003eBerlin, Symphony of a Great City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinema's ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt) offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of a bustling metropolis. Carl Mayer ( The Last Laugh ), influenced by the naturalistic Kammerspiel movement, envisioned \"a melody of pictures\" sprung from daily reality instead of the stylized artificiality of the studio-bound expressionist film. Following Mayer's rough outline, photographer Karl Freund deployed a team of cameramen to explore the avenues, alleyways and factories of Berlin and secure hidden-camera glimpses of the people and machinery that provide the city with its constant motion. The many hours of footage were then edited into a series of five acts, like movements of a symphony, by Walther Ruttmann as a continuation of his experiments with abstract motion (see Opus I ). Berlin defined the formula of the \"city symphony\" film and according to John Grierson - the filmmaker\/critic who coined the term \"documentary\" - \"No film has been more influential, more imitated.\" Opus I A rare example of the German avant-garde cinema known as absoluter Film , Walther Ruttmann's hand-colored Opus I is an exploration of the geometry of movement within the frame and the sensory effect these abstract shapes evoke as they swell, streak and swim across the screen. Viewed alongside Berlin , Opus I seems a thumbnail sketch for the sweeping slice-of-life documentary, revealing the degree to which Ruttmann's 1923 film was more a spectacle of raw motion than a documentary portrait of Berlin's daily routines. Opus I is accompanied by Max Butting's 1922 score, adapted and conducted by Timothy Brock. Berlin, Symphony of a Great City Year: 1927 Length: 62 minutes Director: Walther Ruttman Music: Composed and conducted by Timothy Brock Format: NTSC Opus I Year: 1922 Length: 10 minutes Director: Walther Ruttman Music: Composed by Max Butting, adapted and conducted by Timothy Brock Produced for DVD by David Shepard From the Blackhawk Films Collection Presented by Flicker Alley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor DVD Player (North American NTSC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flicker Alley","offers":[{"title":"New, Sealed In Box","offer_id":47719045923094,"sku":"99162","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/0377\/1710\/products\/202431317532248.jpg?v=1710542164","url":"https:\/\/www.neverdiemedia.com\/products\/berlin-symphony-of-a-great-city","provider":"NeverDieMedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}