analogzombie
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8/16/2007 12:36 AM
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Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
| | SPECIAL EDITION SEVEN-DISC SET FEATURES |
| New high-definition digital transfer, from the 2006 restoration by the Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, and supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| Two new documentaries by Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz: one featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other on the restoration |
| Hans Dieter Hartl's 1980 documentary The Making of "Berlin Alexanderplatz" |
| Phil Jutzi's 1931, ninety-minute film of Alfred Doblin's novel, from a screenplay cowritten by Doblin himself |
| New video interview with Peter Jelavich, author of Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture |
| New and improved English subtitle translation |
| PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections from Fassbinder, an interview with Schwarzenberger, and German author Thomas Steinfeld on the novel |
SRP: $124.95 I cannot wait for this one. 7 discs and $125? worth it. 
| New, restored high-definition digital transfer |
| New audio commentary featuring Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie |
| A 30-minute documentary on the making of Drunken Angel |
| A new video piece that looks at the challenges Kurosawa faced in making Drunken Angel |
| PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by cultural historian Ian Buruma and a reprint from Kurosawa's Something Like an Autobiography |
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josephkuzma
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8/16/2007 1:14 AM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
...and a new version of The Lady Vanishes!
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analogzombie
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8/16/2007 1:30 AM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
and... 
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Risselada
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8/16/2007 12:02 PM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
Hehe, Alexanderplatz is a LOOOOOONG movie. Do you even consider it a movie or is it a mini-series? Has anyone actually watched all of it before. I guess it's supposed to be one of the greatest film creations of all tiem if you can get through it. I think Fassbinder may also have the record for one of the longest film titles too: Fontane - Effi Briest oder: Viele, die eine Ahnung haben von ihren Möglichkeiten und Bedürfnissen und dennoch das herrschende System in ihrem Kopf akzeptieren durch ihre Taten und es somit festigen und durchaus bestätigen (1974)
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analogzombie
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8/16/2007 5:48 PM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
Hmm... a film or a mini-series. I suppose it's a hybrid. fassbinder shot it as one continuous project, but it was shown on German Tv as a mini-series. Has it ever been shown as a film at a festival? Obviously not in one sitting. I'm very excited to see it because although it is a project unto itself it bridges the gap between Fassbinder's melodrama period and his later German hollywood films.
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Risselada
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8/17/2007 10:51 AM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
Yeah I am quite curious to see it as well. I wonder how you can prossibly approach shooting a movie that long? Hopefully the special features will be pretty insightful on that front. I'm very curious.
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analogzombie
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8/17/2007 1:58 PM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
There is a documentary included with the set that is a detailed account of the making of the film. It's amazing to think that Fassbinder used a new cinematographer, after the departure of Michael Balhaus (now scorsese's go to guy), whom he had never worked with before. He shot the film in one go and at a furious pace for Bavaria TV. At this point in his career he was often only doing a single take, and because of this everyone had to be on their game. It also meant that it only took him 154 days of shooting. Three weeks after shooting ended the film was ready in fine cut. By the time Juliane Lorenz was nearly done witht he sound mixing Fassbinder was already 2 weeks into shooting Lili Marleen. Remember Fassbinder made 73 filmsin addition to Berlinalexanderplatz, and several theater productions, in a span of only 23 years. Of course he did die after a coke binge when he ate too many sleeping pills in an attempt to mellow out.
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Risselada
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8/17/2007 4:30 PM
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Re: Berlin Alexanderplatz and Kurosawa coming in November!
It's simply amazing
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