Berlin Alexanderplatz (#411)
Ā Rainer Werner Fassbinderās controversial, fifteen-hourĀ Berlin Alexanderplatz,Ā based on Alfred Dƶblinās great modernist novel, was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who, at age thirty-four, had already made over thirty films. Fassbinderās immersive epic follows the hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf (GĆ¼nter Lamprecht) as he attempts to ābecome an honest soulā amid the corrosive urban landscape of Weimar-era Germany. With equal parts cynicism and humanity, Fassbinder details a mammoth portrait of a common man struggling to survive in a viciously uncommon time.
Berlin AlexanderplatzĀ was shot at a speed of 25 frames per second. Due to technical discrepancies between PAL and NTSC standards, the film is presented on the DVD edition at a slightly slower speed. On the Blu-ray edition, however, it was possible to present the film at its original speed. This accounts for the difference in run time between the two editions.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- High-definition digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two documentaries by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz: one from 2007 featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other from 2006 on the restoration
- Hans-Dieter Hartlās 1980 documentaryĀ Notes on the Making of āBerlin Alexanderplatzā
- Phil Jutziās 1931 feature-length film of Alfred Dƶblinās novel, from a screenplay cowritten by Dƶblin himself
- Interview from 2007 with Peter Jelavich, author ofĀ āBerlin Alexanderplatzā: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections on the novel by Fassbinder and author Thomas Steinfeld, and an interview with Schwarzenberger
Ā Rainer Werner Fassbinderās controversial, fifteen-hourĀ Berlin Alexanderplatz,Ā based on Alfred Dƶblinās great modernist novel, was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who, at age thirty-four, had already made over thirty films. Fassbinderās immersive epic follows the hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf (GĆ¼nter Lamprecht) as he attempts to ābecome an honest soulā amid the corrosive urban landscape of Weimar-era Germany. With equal parts cynicism and humanity, Fassbinder details a mammoth portrait of a common man struggling to survive in a viciously uncommon time.
Berlin AlexanderplatzĀ was shot at a speed of 25 frames per second. Due to technical discrepancies between PAL and NTSC standards, the film is presented on the DVD edition at a slightly slower speed. On the Blu-ray edition, however, it was possible to present the film at its original speed. This accounts for the difference in run time between the two editions.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- High-definition digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two documentaries by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz: one from 2007 featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other from 2006 on the restoration
- Hans-Dieter Hartlās 1980 documentaryĀ Notes on the Making of āBerlin Alexanderplatzā
- Phil Jutziās 1931 feature-length film of Alfred Dƶblinās novel, from a screenplay cowritten by Dƶblin himself
- Interview from 2007 with Peter Jelavich, author ofĀ āBerlin Alexanderplatzā: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections on the novel by Fassbinder and author Thomas Steinfeld, and an interview with Schwarzenberger
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Ā Rainer Werner Fassbinderās controversial, fifteen-hourĀ Berlin Alexanderplatz,Ā based on Alfred Dƶblinās great modernist novel, was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who, at age thirty-four, had already made over thirty films. Fassbinderās immersive epic follows the hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf (GĆ¼nter Lamprecht) as he attempts to ābecome an honest soulā amid the corrosive urban landscape of Weimar-era Germany. With equal parts cynicism and humanity, Fassbinder details a mammoth portrait of a common man struggling to survive in a viciously uncommon time.
Berlin AlexanderplatzĀ was shot at a speed of 25 frames per second. Due to technical discrepancies between PAL and NTSC standards, the film is presented on the DVD edition at a slightly slower speed. On the Blu-ray edition, however, it was possible to present the film at its original speed. This accounts for the difference in run time between the two editions.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- High-definition digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two documentaries by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz: one from 2007 featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other from 2006 on the restoration
- Hans-Dieter Hartlās 1980 documentaryĀ Notes on the Making of āBerlin Alexanderplatzā
- Phil Jutziās 1931 feature-length film of Alfred Dƶblinās novel, from a screenplay cowritten by Dƶblin himself
- Interview from 2007 with Peter Jelavich, author ofĀ āBerlin Alexanderplatzā: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections on the novel by Fassbinder and author Thomas Steinfeld, and an interview with Schwarzenberger