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Berlin Alexanderplatz(TV) (1980)Hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf attempts to "become an honest soul" amid the corrosive urban landscape of Weimar-era Germany. For more about Berlin Alexanderplatz and the Berlin Alexanderplatz Blu-ray release, see Berlin Alexanderplatz Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on September 1, 2019 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alfred Döblin Starring: Volker Spengler, Hanna Schygulla, Brigitte Mira, Roger Fritz, Gottfried John, Barbara Sukowa Narrator: Rainer Werner Fassbinder » See full cast & crew Berlin Alexanderplatz Blu-ray, Video QualityBerlin Alexanderplatz is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of The Criterion Collection with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.37:1. Criterion's insert booklet contains the following information on the transfer: Berlin Alexanderplatz is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right side of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on an ARRISCAN film scanner from the original 16mm A/B roll negatives. The scanning and color grading were done under the supervision of director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger and editor Juliane Lorenz.The restoration featurette included on Disc Four of this release is a rather interesting piece from a number of standpoints, not the least of which is Schwarzenberger stating outright that the 16mm source has some inherent issues in terms of general detail levels and what might be termed pretty abundant grain in certain moments (more about that below). As such, while expectations are probably best at least a little tempered, the restoration done on this sprawling piece is often quite impressive. There's still an undeniable softness to many shots, especially when Fassbinder chooses to backlight scenes, but there can also be quite commendable detail in close-ups (see screenshot 1 for an example). The miniseries virtually bathes in brown tones, as can probably be pretty easily gleaned in many of the screenshots accompanying this review, and that can tend to make the palette seem almost monochromatic and a bit on the drab and dowdy side. In the darkest interior scenes, and with this prevalence of browns and other darker hues, shadow detail can occasionally be lacking. There is intermittent fuzziness, not necessarily dependent upon how well lit scenes are, but often appearing in some dimmer moments (see screenshots 2 and 23 for two examples). Some of this really quite noticeably grainier, generally rougher and less detailed material comes courtesy of opticals, which in some cases at least are kind of unusually employed in that Fassbinder offers little interstitial commentary or descriptive intertitles as well as more outre elements like mathematical equations, and he seems to have utilized opticals in some cases to do these, despite the fact that some at least do not have a "traditional" optical like a dissolve and in fact are "hard" edited with cuts into and out of the text or image element. I'm therefore assuming some kind of dupe element was utilized for these "bookending" segments in some of these changeovers, as evidenced by the roughhewn look of the footage leading into and out of these moments, and the difference is so noticeable that you can pretty much start to predict when either one of these "in between" aspects or a more traditional optical like a dissolve is about to show up since the image quality varies so greatly. While I couldn't authoritatively establish exactly what they were discussing, when cinematographer Schwarzenberger and his assistant mention "de-graining" in one of the supplements in this set (see below), I'm thinking maybe it was with regard to some of this chunkier looking material. Berlin Alexanderplatz Blu-ray, Audio QualityBerlin Alexanderplatz offers a rather nicely detailed DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track in the original German. I'm assuming some of the source cues are archival recordings, and as such fidelity in those moments can be a bit wobbly, but otherwise this offers dialogue and some well done sound effects work with clarity and precision. It looks to me like many actors, especially supporting players, may have been dubbed and may not have even been speaking German during the filming (as evidenced by the wide disparity between lip movements and sounds emanating from them), and so sync can be "loose", as they say. Occasional narration and/or voiceover also sounds fine throughout the proceedings.
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• Berlin Alexanderplatz Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set Detailed - September 27, 2017 British label Second Sight has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's saga Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). The box set will be available for purchase on December 4.
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