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Weimar Cinema – Berlin: Die Symphonie der Gro ßstadt & Schwarzfahrer

Weimar Cinema – Berlin: Die Symphonie der Gro ßstadt & Schwarzfahrer. HONORS 280 – Friday, September 5, 2014. Final Project. Reminder – Final Projects: Friday, September 12 – Initial indication of your film choice for final project. Reading for Monday, September 8, 2014.

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Weimar Cinema – Berlin: Die Symphonie der Gro ßstadt & Schwarzfahrer

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  1. Weimar Cinema – Berlin: Die Symphonie der Großstadt&Schwarzfahrer HONORS 280 – Friday, September 5, 2014

  2. Final Project • Reminder – Final Projects: Friday, September 12 – Initial indication of your film choice for final project.

  3. Reading for Monday, September 8, 2014 • “Metropolis (1927) or Technology and Sex,” pp. 80-95 in A Critical History of German Film. (Text available in ANGEL.)

  4. Film Response Sheets • Included in Monday’s continuing discussion of Berlin: Die Symphonie der Großstadt.

  5. Berlin:DieSymphonie der Großstadt

  6. Soundtrack • The original orchestration was written by Edmund Meisel for a 75-piece orchestra. • Meisel on his composition: “Diese Komposition ist meine größte und liebste Arbeit. Meine größte Genugtuung würde sein, wenn der Zuschauer fühlt, daß dieser Film und diese Musik ihn etwas angehn – vor allem der Berliner, der zu beidem Modell gestanden hat .” (Source: filmportal.de)

  7. My translation of Meisel . . . • Meisel on his composition:This composition is the my largest and most favorite work. It would be my greatest gratification if the viewer felt that this film and film music meant something to him – above all the Berliner, who served as a model for both.

  8. Clip with Meisel’s Score • Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt – Lots of versions, lots of different music. This segment he termed the “Mittagschoral” [Noon Chorale]. • Mittagschoral der Grossstadt (00:36:00-00:39:00)

  9. The Original Orchestral Soundtrack versusthe Solo Piano Soundtrack • How does music reflect your sense of the images you’re seeing? Give a specific example.

  10. Schwarzfahrer (1992/93) • Director: PepeDanquart • Shot in post-unification Berlin in former East Berlin (Note East Berlin’s signature television tower.) • 1994: Oscar for Best Short Film • Title in Translation: Black Rider • Title in Original: Double Meaning • Heads Up: It is a film about racism and responses to racism. Some of the language used in the film is racially charged.

  11. Berlin – Capital of Germany: Multi-Ethnic, Cosmopolitan City

  12. Two Viewings Is the Charm • Viewing #1: Make a list of the passengers on the street car. • Viewing #2: For each passenger or sets of passengers, note their reaction to the older woman.

  13. Follow-up Discussion • How does the film communicate the reactions of the passengers? (Editing, shots, scene compositions, etc.) What does this reveal about the film’s statement on racism?

  14. SchönesWochenende! Danke, gleichfalls!

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