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Allan Dwans portræt af New York er en filmisk hyldest til en by, der er en verden i sig selv. Filmens åbningsbilleder af Brooklyn Bridge sætter stemningen, men der er mere end postkortbilleder i filmen, der straks dykker ned i et sted der føles virkeligt og levende. Som titlen antyder fortæller Dwan om en by splittet mellem øst og vest, rig og fattig, fortalt gennem symmetrier: to familier, to forlovelser, to forskellige verdener. Det er et portræt af en storby fuld af energi og optimisme inden Wall Street crashede. Mange har sammenlignet filmen med Murnaus ’Solopgang’, men Dwan er mere ligefrem og ukunstlet i sin stil; hans stil gemmer sig bag genrens anonymitet og stiller sig aldrig i forgrunden.
Allan Dwan’s portrait of New York is a cinematic homage to a city that is a world unto itself. The film’s opening shots of the Brooklyn Bridge set the tone, but there’s more than glossy imagery to this movie, which immediately dives into a place that feels real and alive. As the title suggests, Dwan tells the story of a city divided between east and west, rich and poor, narrated through symmetries: two families, two engagements, two different worlds. It is a portrait of a metropolis full of energy and optimism before the Wall Street crash. Many have compared the film to Murnau’s ‘Sunrise’, but Dwan is more straightforward and unpretentious in his style; his approach hides behind the anonymity of the genre and never parades itself in the foreground.
Medvirkende: George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald
Instruktør: Allan Dwan
USA, 1927
DCP, 90 min.
Engelske mellemtekster
Tilladt for børn over 15 år