Wednesday, August 10, 2011
1927 - BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY, an attempt to capture the feeling of a large metroplitan city.
A silent film that wants to show life in Berlin from sunrise to sunset.
Clearly the film was filmed to give an impressionistic view of Berlin as a city constantly in motion. Trains, cars, airplanes and people are seen always on the go. The editing is also fairly frantic at times which adds to the theme of a city in constant activity.
This film is not character driven, the only character is the city itself.
Berlin Symphony of a Great City is an interesting companion piece to People On Sunday.
65 minutes.
Labels:
1927,
Documentary,
foreign films,
RUTTMANN,
silent film
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