Berlin: Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927)
(Berlin: Symphony of a Great City)
Dir. Walter Ruttmann
65 min.
"Berlin [...] is the film's true protagonist, a vibrant, pulsating, yet organic totality whose every component—animate or inanimate—is mediated and defined by the periodicity of the whole. The film portrays a day in the life of the city, beginning with panoramic shots of the sleeping metropolis as dawn breaks and concluding with a late-night fireworks display. Compressed between these diurnal poles is a brilliantly edited optical phantasmagoria of life in Berlin." (B. Fulks)
Tuesday, November 16, 8PM
Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
FREE and open to the public
Preceded by an introduction and followed by an open discussion
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