Short documentary from Sweden that won an Oscar in the category "Best Short Subject, One-reel." The film uses an impressionistic storytelling style that broke with many of the conventions of the time. Director. The editing style is similar to music videos in which the visual rhythm and images bear as much weight as the story. Scanned from 16mm elements and featuring a score by composer Timothy Brock as performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra. If Scorsese's entire career hadn't already been his way of channeling Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, Pretend It's a City definitely would be. In Richmond: Symphony of a City, Marinella Senatore will create a large-scale participatory performance centering on a “radio drama”—an audio collage about Richmond, based in part on stories gathered from the city’s residents through an open call. Not Yet Rated 20 min Documentary. Berlin: Symphony of a City (Berlin: die Sinfonie der Großstadt) (1927, Germany, 50 mins, B&W, silent). Symphony of a City (Swedish: Människor i stad) is a 1947 Swedish documentary short film about Stockholm, directed by Arne Sucksdorff.It won an Oscar in 1949 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel). Recklessly modern Berlin is both intoxicating and sobering. The radio drama was performed live in front of the audience. At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinema's ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt) offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of a bustling metropolis. The --1st-- first was Arne Sucksdorff’s Symphony of a City (Swedish: Människor i stad), which won Best Short Film in 1949. TMDb Score. At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of cinema's ability to enthrall, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in a bustling 1920s metropolis. 66. Brighton Symphony of a City was a commission for the 50th anniversary of the Brighton Festival where it premiered at the Dome with a live performance of the score by the Orchestra of Sound and Light. Symphony of a City. Brighton: Symphony of a City is an ambitious and impressive project; it was originally commissioned by the Brighton Festival as a live music event with a full orchestra bringing together professionals from the Orchestra of Sound and Light and talented young musicians from Brighton and the region. ... By day, left-wing demonstrators clash with police and well-armed paramilitaries in the streets; by night, the city is electric as hedonists pack the clubs in pursuit of the latest thrills. Berlin: Symphony of a City (Berlin: die Sinfonie der Großstadt) (1927, Germany, 50 mins, B&W, silent) How to watch a film like Berlin: Symphony of a City, seventy-three years after it was made? Other live performances include Brighton Fringe Festival (1 June 2018) and The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (7 October 2016). Symphony of a Great City in 28 Parts: Babylon Berlin.