Symphony of Now

Name: Symphony of Now
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-07-12
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Rating: 7.1

2018
1h 5m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Documentary

A cinematic love letter, a hidden perspective of Berlin by night. Different artists unite to declare their love to the city and our time, in a re-imagination of the silent film classic 'Berl... Read allA cinematic love letter, a hidden perspective of Berlin by night. Different artists unite to declare their love to the city and our time, in a re-imagination of the silent film classic 'Berlin - Symphony of a Great City'. A vision of remarkable filmmakers and renowned musicians f... Read allA cinematic love letter, a hidden perspective of Berlin by night. Different artists unite to declare their love to the city and our time, in a re-imagination of the silent film classic 'Berlin - Symphony of a Great City'. A vision of remarkable filmmakers and renowned musicians from the electronic music scene, such as Frank Wiedemann (Ame), Modeselektor, Hans-Joachim ... Read all

Director
- Johannes Schaff

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Director
- Johannes Schaff

See production info at IMDbPro

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Featured review

4/10

The spirit of Berlin

"Symphony of Now" is capturing a night in Berlin with a score by electronic composers Frank Wiedemann, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Gudrun Gut and others.

The sequel of infamous "Sinfonie der Großstadt" from 1927 is an update to the classic Berlin silent documentary, but unfortunately lacks a narrative.

The film shows some very special street partys like 1st of May and Fete De La Musique, which happen once a year, pretending this all happens every night in Berlin. Which is not the case.

This is not the Berlin I know and so the film is less a documentary of Berlin 2018 than a 1 hour long commercial for the German capital. While it might be interesting to watch for people who don't know Berlin yet, I would prefer to go out into the Berlin night to have a better experience than this pointless flood of images and Berlin cliches.