Friday, February 12, 2010

Metropolis

Those who might rather have expected the opus 'Megashovelling' will have to wait until tomorrow, as - after all the snow shovelling - I watched the restored version of Fritz Lang's silent classic that tonight had its premiere at the 60th "Berlinale".

Stunning!

And now, for those who can't wait until the film will be released in their country: Voilà.

The peace of the night.























9 comments:

  1. I think I'll need to click through those and watch that. Thanks

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  2. Now that's a lovely surprise, Andrew.
    Of course, its much nicer to watch it without eleven interruptions. However, it's worthwhile. Hope you will enjoy like I did.

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  3. Didn't have a clue about this film. Now it's my third time viewing. And not the last... It's mesmerising! The symbolism is powerful. Some scenes (as in Part 8: all those eyes, filling the screen) are nightmarish. The background music, by Gottfried Huppertz, is so adapted to the story. I read that the composer was on the stage when it was filmed. And he even had a small part playing violin in it. It must be in the cabaret scene. I'm going to look again to find him. I can hardly wait to buy the DVD. I want to find out everything about it, and the technology.

    I'm having a great time. Thanks, Sean.:)

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  4. A masterpiece of cinema, with a fascinating history. It still puts most modern films to shame. I wondered whether you would be tuning in for the restored cut, Sean!

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  5. Claudia,
    Thus, within two days you watched 'Metropolis' as often as I did. :)

    It's brilliant, isn't it? The more when knowing what happened some years later (there are some 'prophetic' sequencies), and witnessing what is happening now and will propably aways 'happen'.
    Things that happen do not necessarily cause happiness, hm?

    As far as I know outside German speaking countries the film will not be released before summer; thus it might take a while until DVDs with the English version will be sold.

    Stan,
    I do (fully) agree . And the (hi)story of the original's find and the restoring itself is as amazing as the film is.
    There has been shown a documentary afterwards that hopefully will be added to the DVD.

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  6. My son, Martin, watched a few episodes with me on Sunday. He had heard about the film but didn't know it was available. He was very impressed, and intends to see the whole set with friends. Meanwhile we're getting more informations as how it was made in the past. Mr.Lang is a technological, social and philosophical genius. And I never give this word lightly.

    Now with your post, the first thing I see is a blank space, before I reach the first video. Am I missing something?

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  7. Oops!! ??

    There's supposed to be seen the following. If not please let me know:

    Those who might rather have expected the opus 'Megashovelling' will have to wait until tomorrow, as - after all the snow shovelling - I watched the restored version of Fritz Lang's ilent classic [link to the Wikepedia entry of Metroplis] that tonight had its premiere at the 60th "Berlinale" [Link to the official Berlinale-website.]

    Stunning!

    And now, for those who can't wait until the film will be released in their country: Voilà.

    The peace of the night.

    * * *

    And that's not to be seen?!

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  8. No words are missing, but there is a big empty squared space with a x at the corner. I was wondering if it was a pre-video that I couldn't get. The next video is No 1, the introduction to the set. Thanks!

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  9. Hm, no. Can't detect the described 'phenomenon', ,Claude. Anyway, thanks for telling.

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