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| missing Metropolis footage uncovered | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 2 2008, 08:40 PM (492 Views) | |
| marlin lee | Jul 2 2008, 08:40 PM Post #1 |
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The previously thought lost footage from Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis has been uncovered in Buenos Aires. http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/metropolis-vorab-englisch Here's hoping it will sooner or later turn up in a new edition from Kino. Or perhaps it will turn up on Blu-Ray and will be the film which will push me to go Blu. |
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| Black Tiger | Jul 2 2008, 09:15 PM Post #2 |
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Crikey! How frustrating this must be to every company that has put out a "definitive" dvd over the past few years. |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Jul 3 2008, 02:29 AM Post #3 |
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This is great news.....yippeeeeeeee |
| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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| Sgt Saturn | Jul 3 2008, 05:50 AM Post #4 |
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If the still in the article is any example, the film is going to need a lot of work before it is ready to take its place in the "new, improved" definitive edition. Still, this is great news. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Jul 3 2008, 07:30 AM Post #5 |
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It's a dream come true. Of course the film has become celebrated in its short version, which some people may end up preferring. I first saw SPIES in a shortened version and much prefer the complete one, so my conclusion is that Lang knew what he was doing. |
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| Sgt Saturn | Jul 3 2008, 10:16 AM Post #6 |
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Here's another article with more stills from the new footage: http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/bg-metropolis-en?1 |
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| marlin lee | Jul 3 2008, 07:43 PM Post #7 |
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The Digital Bits has received confirmation from Kino that a new edition restoring the missing footage will be coming on both DVD and Blu-Ray in 2009. |
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| John Doe | Jul 5 2008, 10:01 PM Post #8 |
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WOW! This is really amazing. Some clips are here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq2Uc61YRMY Info on the rediscovered film and some pics: http://www.murnau-stiftung.de/en/04-00-00-news.html http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/bg-metropolis http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/metropolis-vorab-englisch http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37332 |
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| stacia | Jul 6 2008, 11:31 PM Post #9 |
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Wow, we'll get it in 2009? I am officially pee-my-pants excited about this. |
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| JazzGuyy | Jul 21 2008, 09:03 AM Post #10 |
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There was an interview with the Argentinian archivist who was a principal in making the discovery on Morning Edition on NPR this morning. It's probably available at the NPR website. Very interesting interview. |
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