Fassbinders Berlin Alexanderplatz im 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
– PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections from Fassbinder, an interview with Schwarzenberger, and German author Thomas Steinfeld on the novel
Note: „Originally made for German television, Berlin Alexanderplatz was shot for the PAL video format, at 25 frames per second. This format is incompatible with the NTSC format used in the United States. In order to provide a frame-accurate progressive transfer, the film was scanned at 24 frames per second and therefore is four percent longer than the original broadcast.“
Desweiteren noch Sawdust And Tinsel, Drunken Angel (Hooray!) und The Lady Vanishes (Re-Release).
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