Preceding Dziga Vertov's Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929), and before Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Walter Ruttmann's urban symphony of Berlin is a semi-documentary in five acts. Employing an enthralling visual rhythm, seamless jump-cuts, double-exposures, and a sense of perpetual motion, this non-narrative love-letter to the bustling German capital documents a single day in the life of Berlin, from sunrise until late at night, and everything in between. Against the backdrop ... (Full plot summary below)
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Preceding Dziga Vertov's Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929), and before Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Walter Ruttmann's urban symphony of Berlin is a semi-documentary in five acts. Employing an enthralling visual rhythm, seamless jump-cuts, double-exposures, and a sense of perpetual motion, this non-narrative love-letter to the bustling German capital documents a single day in the life of Berlin, from sunrise until late at night, and everything in between. Against the backdrop of ceaseless movement, the camera swiftly follows the myriads of workers as they flock into towering factories, then, it moves from work to all sorts of entertainment, never shying away from sharp contrasts: the rich and the poor; humans and heavy machinery; beauty and ugliness.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzOutdated but still fine as an historical curio. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrIt remains a unique and sometimes inspired exercise in style for its own sake. |
| User ReviewBenedikt WJust excellent; a day in the live of a City. and since we otherwise don't get much of a study-glimpse into this essential time of Modernity that should already holds all the ingredients of the cities we now life in, this movie is a must for anyone with an interest in history or cultural studies. Also a must for its inventive visuals and expressionist shots: e.g. the beginning is just brilliant. |
| User ReviewJoel AA visually compelling portrayal of this all-engulfing juggernaut. |
| User ReviewMatt MThe city symphony feature film masterpiece that anticipated Dziga Vertov's The Man With the Movie Camera, although the two movies are quite different, because Ruttmann's work is more centred on the images he takes themselves than on the filmmaking process and the analogic editing. In this film we truly get a genuine feel of the movement of a whole city, the passing of time and the advancement in the industrial and social lifestyle of the people. With the wonderful original soundtrack finally restored, the film is just a magnificent experience. |
| User ReviewDavid HA really wonderful experience, proving that you really don't need (as so many people seem to think) a classical narrative to be good. Amazing juxtaposition of shots, and some really interesting editing (love the quick cuts at the beginning while we travel into the city). And of course, any film that inspired Man With the Movie Camera (even though Kino-Eye films were TECHNICALLY being made before this film...ex: Mikhail Kaufman's Moscow) gets the full five-stars from me. |
| User ReviewIskandar Aa masterpiece proceeding its age by ages , a documentation for Berlin kept the city alive in spite of the nearly complete destruction after the war |
| User ReviewWilliam MI saw the newest print of this, with live music at Carnegie Hall. Amazing. Wonderful footage of all the ups and downs of life. |
| User ReviewMikko MIn the contex of history this is a sad film. Great film about Berlin on her's finest times... |
| User ReviewPrivate UThis would be my third favorite movie of all time. Number one was Koyaanisqatsi with its pseudo-spectral storytelling, Number two was Miracle in Milan because of its form and story's Ferrari-spec amalgamation. If Koyaanisqatsi was sex, Miracle in Milan is masturbation. This then, I would describe, is intellectual masturbation. Think of, for one night only, an effin' "best you've had" intellectual conversation with a witty stranger that lasts just until you have to go back to the real world again. It's about as good as that. |
