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Asphalt
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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From its elaborate and stylish opening scenes, AsphaIt immediately establishes itself as a startling cinematic achievement of Weimar cinema. Gustav Frölich, best known as the young protagonist of Metropolis, stars as a strait-laced traffic cop who has the simpIe task of escorting a diamond thief to the poIice station. However, Holk’s routine assignment becomes compIicated when he discovers the criminaI in his custody: the exotic and beautiful EIse (Betty Amann). Working alongside cinematographer Günther Rittau (The BIue Angel), director Joe May (The lndian Tomb) takes a simpIe melodrama and transforms it into a masterwork, with a brooding visual styIe, nuanced performances, and psychoIogical compIexity.
SpeciaI Features:
• Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide |
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