Metropolis
One of my top 10 favourite films, especially the Moroder version (I know, burn the heretic!) Let's discuss!
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The additional link to the program book is pretty great too. It's super geek-out time in the sci-fi fan-addict clubhouse.
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I watched the last half hour yesterday with the restored footage on TCM. Amazing how much footage was cut. But watching all those kids running around, I kept thinking they will all grow up to be...
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rvoyttbots wrote:But watching all those kids running around, I kept thinking they will all grow up to be Nazis. ...or the victims of the Nazis, or just your average run-of-the-mill "good Germans." I...
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Monster Jungle Xray wrote:Thanks for the link Tom, and what a fantastic find. These effects schematics are pretty neat, I especially like the one showing how the light rings around Maria were...
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rvoyttbots wrote:I watched the last half hour yesterday with the restored footage on TCM. Amazing how much footage was cut. But watching all those kids running around, I kept thinking they will all...
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Just watched this for the very first time today. I dvr'd it off TCM a few days back. I loved the cool futuristic settings and most of the special effects were amazing. I was a tad less enamored with...
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jplibby wrote:Monster Jungle Xray wrote:Thanks for the link Tom, and what a fantastic find. These effects schematics are pretty neat, I especially like the one showing how the light rings around Maria...
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However the Maria Robot 'arcs of light' were achieved [Cinefex stated the arcs were lowered and raised one at a time using a forklift-like movement from behind, with a black cut-out of Helm used as a...
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I cannot think why anyone would now enjoy the Moroder version considering how much is not only missing, but in terms of the score being so out of sync and irrelevant to the image. It feels more like a...
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>the Cinema was almost 'brand new' in the mid-20s.< To be fair to those who came before, skull, movies had been around for 30 years by the time of METROPOLIS; trick films almost that long, and...
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Thankyou, wish I could find a recording of the other record now. It does exist, however certainly not in its entirety online at least, only in small portions
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If the Moroder version made a minute fraction of the people who saw it check out the original or another silent film, good on him I say. It's not the way I would choose to watch the film but... the...
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This is not a recommendation, just a notification!! For those interested or curious, the Moroder METROPOLIS has just popped up on Netflix Streaming.
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Jane and I thoroughly enjoyed the Alloy Orchestra's live accompaniment when the most complete restoration of METROPOLIS played here in Pittsburgh.. We've seen several silent classics (and silent...
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Regarding the reinstated footage discovered in Argentina: the striking close-up of a hatted, slightly sinister-looking figure reading a newspaper is strikingly similar to the nearly-60-years-later...
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I love the Moroder version, but seeing as I was already a silents fan, it just influenced my music taste!
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To anyone who is interested... Have added a couple of little bits to my video of the original Metropolis music with the scenes, unfortunately the additions are very small as I can only find tiny...
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The pitch is off, for starters, so I think the transfer was done slightly slower. Transfers of records from that period have to be done with exact care to speed, as the idea that all recordings were...
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