Something to Do With the Wall |  | Director: Ross McElwee;Marilyn Levine
Actors: Ross McElwee, Marilyn Levine
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
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Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 720229913959
EAN: 0720229913959
ASIN: B002HOP43A
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
Release Date: October 20, 2009
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Product Description
In 1986, Ross McElwee and Marilyn Levine first shot footage on the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's erection, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world's outstanding symbol of the Communist hard line and Cold War lore. They thought they were making a documentary on the community of tourists, soldiers, and West Berliners who lived in the seemingly eternal presence of the graffiti emblazoned eyesore.
But in 1989, as the original film neared completion, the Wall came down, and McElwee and Levine were in Berlin again, this time to capture the radically different atmosphere of the reunified city.
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Remembering the Berlin Wall September 21, 2009
Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas)
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"Something To Do With the Wall"
Remembering the Berlin Wall
Amos Lassen
First Run Features brings us a new documentary on DVD which looks at a fascinating part of history, the Berlin Wall. Ross McElwee began making this film right before the wall fell and history was to be changed forever. Germans and other residents who remember the Wall tell their stories and we are drawn into the film by the insightful comments and the historical narration. The Wall was the symbol of hard-line Communism and the Cold War. We see Germany during and after the Wall and some of what we learn is amazing. We become acquainted with the unified city in a way I would have never thought possible and the movie almost plays like fiction. This is an absolutely wonderful film.
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