{"product_id":"berlin-symphony-of-a-great-city-mod-bluray-movie","title":"BERLIN SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (MOD) (BluRay Movie)","description":"At 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. Scanned in 2K resolution from 16mm elements and featuring a score by composer Timothy Brock as performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films are proud to release this classic of documentary cinema in a high-definition Blu-ray edition for the first time ever. 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.\"","brand":"Flicker Alley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53479158415660,"sku":"810162037246","price":30.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6327\/4284\/files\/BERLIN-SYMPHONY-OF-A-GREAT-CITY-MOD-BluRay-Movie.jpg?v=1785385803","url":"https:\/\/www.margaritasvideostore.com\/products\/berlin-symphony-of-a-great-city-mod-bluray-movie","provider":"Margarita's Video Store LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}