True, the plot of both is set in Berlin in 1931, and some takes place in the Kit-Kat nightclub, a den of decadent pornographic entertainment in the "live and let live" spirit of the time. True, the starting point is Christopher Isherwood's stories in "Goodbye to Berlin," based on his experiences in that city, and the main characters are the frivolous cabaret singer, Sally Bowles, who is a foreigner in Berlin, and the author, who is also foreign - and gay to boot. True, both the musical and the film are based on John Van Druten's 1951 Broadway play, "I am a Camera," adapted from Isherwood's "Goodbye to Berlin," which was very successful, even though critic Walter Kerr previewed to pan it in his review for the sake of the brilliant headline, "Me no Leica." (Back then everyone knew that Leica is a brand of cameras. ) But from here on, the resemblance ends and the differences begin. Isherwood's stories and Van Druten's play tell the tale of two young foreigners in Berlin who become intoxicated with the city's atmosphere of total freedom - not to say licentiousness. However, since they are so involved with themselves, they do not notice (and of this, the audience of the play, the musical and the film should be aware, since it knows how this ends ) that at the same time, Nazism is taking over the lives of Berlin's inhabitants.

I went up to the 20th floor and was able to look at the views. Pretty amazing. There is a corner apt that looks straight up the Manhattan Bridge's skirt, with views of the Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridge all in one shot. And on the other side is a pretty awesome shot of the Williamsburg Savings bank and all the way back to the Verrazano. Sweet.

Posted by: lifer at March 3, 2010 12:29 PM

Ugh, the one bedroom layouts are the same ole, same ole 2 room thing. It amazes me that people actually buy this kind of crap.

I can't even comment on the studio layouts, that would be too easy.....

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