Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
Juonikuvaukset(1)
Shimmering with the uplifting optimism that was post-depression Berlin in the 1920s, Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is a powerfully significant avant-garde documentary on many levels. Ironically poised for a Nazi takeover, the great city of Berlin is painted to be a burgeoning metropolis by artistic director Walter Ruttmann. Ruttman utilized new cinematic techniques and a stark, realistic approach to his grand subject matter: the city of Berlin and everything in it. Creating a musical rhythm with his masterful editing, the film weaves in and out of breathtaking slices of life and toil in this tremendous urban expanse, even including precious footage of then President Paul von Hindenburg. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City would have a lasting influence on filmmaking for generations, as well as leaving a deep imprint in the minds of those fortunate enough to view it. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (2)
Berlin in 1927 is definitely my dream city. What does it matter that all these films, whether Man with a Movie Camera or Aimless Walk, are just editing exercises on the theme of everyday life in the big city? Especially here, in Acts 4 and 5, there is a unique symbiosis of the pulse of modern times, with the fashion and cultural industries working closely together, mirroring technocratic haste in every feature.
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The Man with a Movie Camera appealed to me more. It is even more imaginative and does not need so many obviously faked and even acting interludes, but Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is still such an amazing spectacle. In a very dynamic way, it captures a living city on the threshold of an economic crisis and before the terrible horrors that came next. One has to ask oneself if this beautiful building was hit by a bomb, if the shop windows were smashed and burned, if these children survived... Oh dear.
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