{"product_id":"aba-blu-berlin008-cc299","title":"Berlin Alexanderplatz (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRainer Werner Fassbinder’s controversial, fifteen-hour\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebased on Alfred Döblin’s great modernist novel, was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who, at age thirty-four, had already made over thirty films. Fassbinder’s immersive epic follows the hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf (Günter Lamprecht) as he attempts to “become an honest soul” amid the corrosive urban landscape of Weimar-era Germany. With equal parts cynicism and humanity, Fassbinder details a mammoth portrait of a common man struggling to survive in a viciously uncommon time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewas shot at a speed of 25 frames per second. Due to technical discrepancies between PAL and NTSC standards, the film is presented on the DVD edition at a slightly slower speed. On the Blu-ray edition, however, it was possible to present the film at its original speed. This accounts for the difference in run time between the two editions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-definition digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo documentaries by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz: one from 2007 featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other from 2006 on the restoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHans-Dieter Hartl’s 1980 documentary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes on the Making of “Berlin Alexanderplatz”\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhil Jutzi’s 1931 feature-length film of Alfred Döblin’s novel, from a screenplay cowritten by Döblin himself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2007 with Peter Jelavich, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Berlin Alexanderplatz”: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: A book featuring an essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections on the novel by Fassbinder and author Thomas Steinfeld, and an interview with Schwarzenberger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover by Eric Skillman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41280880836808,"sku":"CC2994BD","price":124.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/berlinalex.jpg?v=1642121470","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/aba-blu-berlin008-cc299","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}