R.W.Fassbinder.BDR.Trilogy.The.Supplements.2003.DVDR.DVD9.CC-203.nfo
THE BRD TRILOGY
BY RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
complete 4-disc set
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/138
http://www.amazon.com/Fassbinders-Trilogy-Marriage-Maria-Veronika/dp/B0000AKY56/
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/brdtrilogy.php
Studio: Criterion
DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003
ABOUT THE BOXSET:
By the age of thirty-four, German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder had directed already twenty-two feature films. In 1978, he embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of three remarkable women. Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun, Lola, and Veronika Voss -- the BRD (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) Trilogy -- would garner him the international acclaim he had always yearned for and place his name foremost in the canon of New German Cinema.
CONTENTS:
3 feature films:
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978, 120 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/592
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079095/
Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982, 104 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/593
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084654/
Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981, 113 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/595
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082671/
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 7.50 + 7.89 + 7.34 + 6.94 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (total): 339 minutes
Type: Color | Black and White (Veronika Voss)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 (Maria Braun + Lola) | 1.78:1 (Veronika Voss)
Sound (main features): German
Subtitles: optional English
SET DETAILS
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DISC ONE
Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy: The Supplements
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# Video Interview with Fassbinder Foundation director Juliane Lorenz and film curator Laurence Kardish (32:00).
# I Don't Just Want You to Love Me (Ich will nicht nur, dass ihr mich liebt), a documentary covering Fassbinder's career (96:00).
# Life Stories: A Conversation with R.W. Fassbinder, an interview with Fassbinder from 1978 (49:00).
# Video Interview with cinematographer Xaver Schwarzenberger (25:00).
Black and White | Color
1.66:1 Anamorphic (features 1 and 4) | 1:33.1 (features 2 and 3)
English DD1.0 Mono (feature 1) | German DD1.0 Mono (features 2,3,4)
optional English subtitles
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DISC TWO
Die Ehe Der Maria Braun
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THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN
http://www.criterion.com/films/592
1978, 120 min.
Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only to have him disappear in the war. Alone, Maria uses her beauty and ambition to prosper in Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950's. Fassbinder's biggest international box-office success and the first part of his "postwar trilogy," The Marriage of Maria Braun is a heartbreaking study of a woman picking herself up from the ruins of her own life, as well as a pointed metaphorical attack on a society determined to forget its past.
Color
1.66:1
German with optional English subtitles
# Audio Commentary by Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and Director Wim Wenders.
# Video Interview with Actress Hanna Schygulla (32:00).
# Video Interview with Fassbinder Scholar Eric Rentschler (20:00).
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DISC THREE
Die Sehnsucht Der Veronika Voss
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VERONIKA VOSS
http://www.criterion.com/films/593
1982, 104 min.
Black and White
1.78:1
German with optional English subtitles
# Audio Commentary by Critic and Author Tony Rayns.
# Video Conversation with Actress Rosel Zech and Editor Juliane Lorenz (30:00).
# Dance with Death (Tanz mit dem Tod), a biographical portrait of actress Sybille Schmitz, the inspiration for the character Veronika Voss (55:00).
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DISC FOUR
Lola
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LOLA
http://www.criterion.com/films/595
1981, 113 min.
Color
1.66:1
German with optional English subtitles
# Audio Commentary by Fassbinder biographer and friend Christian Braad Thomsen.
# Video Interview with actress Barbara Sukowa (20:00).
# Video Interview with co-screenwriter Peter Marthesheimer (33:00).
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SET FEATURES:
# New high-definition digital transfers of all three films, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
# Life Stories: A conversation with R.W. Fassbinder, a rare 45-minute interview with the director, made for German television.
# Exclusive video interview with Fassbinder cinematographer Xaver Schwarzenberger.
# Exclusive video conversation between Fassbinder scholar Laurence Kardish and editor Juliane Lorenz.
# Audio commentary on The Marriage of Maria Braun by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and renowned filmmaker Wim Wenders.
# Exclusive video interview with the star of The Marriage of Maria Braun and regular Fassbinder collaborator, Hanna Schygulla.
# Video interview with Fassbinder scholar Eric Rentschler on The Marriage of Maria Braun.
# Audio commentary on Veronika Voss by Fassbinder scholar Tony Rayns.
# New video conversation with Veronika Voss star Rosel Zech and editor Juliane Lorenz.
# Audio commentary on Lola by Fassbinder documentarian, biographer, and friend Christian Braad Thomsen.
# New video interview with Lola star Barbara Sukowa.
# New video interview with Fassbinder co-screenwriter Peter Marthesheimer.
# New and improved English subtitle translations for all three films.
# Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer editions.
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