We're on a jag again, so bear with us. We've been working on an epic "Berlin Week" that's going to consist of loads and loads of Fassbinder, rare Nazi UFA films und docs (still needing to find English subs), cool Ich bin Berliner muzak, and Die Brücke und Der Blau Reiter art...that is, if L&S and I don't end up murdering each other over the definition of a "high resolution image". Then something creepy stopped us in our tracks...
The disembodied voice of the Patron Saint of this site (Beck) whispered in my ear "Hansa-By-the-Wall is in Berlin, leclisse. Why don't you post a U2 album. You know...Zootropia!"
Ewwwwwwwwwwww!!! NEVER! Here's the beginning of Hansa by the Wall Night! It's a lead-up to Berlin Week. Enjoy!
From Matt Fink at Paste Magazine:
As he’s now over 25 years removed from his artistic peak, it’s easy to forget just how much of a commercial and creative powerhouse David Bowie was in the ’70s—and just how daring and unprecedented his self-imposed exile to Berlin was. Using that premise as a starting point, The Berlin Trilogy calls on a series of music journalists and Bowie contemporaries to explore the mythology surrounding his most experimental period, one that inspired a full flowering of his flirtation with ambient minimalism and the German avant-garde over the course of three albums. Along the way, we’re reminded that 1977’s now-classic Low was once regarded as commercial poison by his record label, a disaster by critics, and hardly music at all by some fans. The DVD exposes common myths—that Brian Eno presided over and produced the albums—but the film largely maintains a scholarly tone, tracing Bowie’s influences through Phillip Glass and Kraftwerk and spotting his fingerprints on world music that emerged in the ’80s. Those wondering why Bowie is regarded as a visionary need look no further.
Technical Information:
Title: David Bowie Under Review 1976 to 1979: The Berlin Trilogy
Year: 2006
Country: U.K.
Director: Christian Davies
Source: DVD5 Retail
DVD Format: NTSC
Container: VIDEO_TS
Size: 4.19 Gb
Length: 1:25:16
Programs used: Unknown
Resolution: 720x480
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Video: MPEG-2 @ ~5800 kb/s
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Audio: English- Dolby AC3 Stereo @ 192 KB/S
Subtitles: None
Menu: Yes
Video: Untouched
DVD Extras: None on source
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