Joe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to its characters, and the ability to take a simple and essentially melodramatic story and turn it into something more complex and inherently cinematic..
If you have an evening to kill and want to see what Berlin looked like before everything went to hell, you should probably watch Asphalt. It’s perfect for people who like moody lighting and stories about good people making really, really dumb choices because they met someone hot. If you hate silent movies or get annoye...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Joe May
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"If you have an evening to kill and want to see what Berlin looked like before everything went to hell, you should probably watch Asphalt. It’s perfect for people who like moody lighting and stories about good people making really, really dumb choices because they met someone hot. If you hate silent movies or get annoyed by characters who stare at each other for a long time without talking, you will probably be bored out of your mind. The movie starts with these shots of people actually laying do..."
Gustav Fröhlich
Hans Székely, Rolf E. Vanloo, Joe May
Germany
Drama, Crime, Romance
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