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Second Sight
Posted: September 21st, 2007.
Second Sight is releasing one of the most eagerly anticipated world cinema classics, Fassbinder’s 15½hrepc Berlin Alexanderplatz, a monument of the late 20th-century filmmaking and what is considered to bethe director’s masterpiece. Following a massive restoration project overseen by the original editor, thisrelease comes in a six-disc deluxe box.
Franz Biberkopf re-enters a life of freedom after being convicted of his girlfriend’s manslaughter. Determined tostart a new life for himself, Franz overlooks the fact that it’s hard to make a decent living in 1920s Berlinand is soon drawn to a psychotic crook and into a criminal underbelly he cannot escape.
Extras include: The Making of, A Mega-Movie and it’s Story, The Restoration, The Restoration, Before and After,Stills and Productions Photos Gallery, The Original Recaps, Berlinale 2007 trailer
Berlin Alexanderplatz is released on October 22nd and retails for £69.99 on DVD.Click on the Amazon link above for more information.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2007.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.