Asphalt Blu-ray
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Posted January 12, 2023 06:29 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Joe May's Asphalt (1929), starring Gustav Fröhlich, Hans Albers, Albert Steinrück, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, and Paul Hörbiger. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 7.
Description: From its elaborate and stylish opening scenes, Asphalt 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 simple task of escorting a diamond thief to the police station. However, Holk's routine assignment becomes complicated when he discovers the criminal in his custody: the exotic and beautiful Else (Betty Amann). Working alongside cinematographer Günther Rittau (The Blue Angel), director Joe May (The Indian Tomb) takes a simple melodrama and transforms it into a masterwork, with a brooding visual style, nuanced performances, and psychological complexity.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: From its elaborate and stylish opening scenes, Asphalt 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 simple task of escorting a diamond thief to the police station. However, Holk's routine assignment becomes complicated when he discovers the criminal in his custody: the exotic and beautiful Else (Betty Amann). Working alongside cinematographer Günther Rittau (The Blue Angel), director Joe May (The Indian Tomb) takes a simple melodrama and transforms it into a masterwork, with a brooding visual style, nuanced performances, and psychological complexity.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
- Optional English Subtitles
