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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 12, 2010 2:36:12 GMT -6
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Post by rmichaelpyle on Feb 12, 2010 5:21:40 GMT -6
It's streaming live today on the internet here in America. Here's a story. Via Roger Ebert j.mp/bE20js |
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Post by kelly on Feb 12, 2010 16:31:38 GMT -6
I hear TCM Film festival in LA going have restoration of Metropolis of missing scenes that discover in Argentina
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Post by Hedvig on Feb 12, 2010 19:19:20 GMT -6
And I remember reading about a proposed Blue-ray DVD with the new material some time in the distant future? Did I dream that?
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 12, 2010 21:17:45 GMT -6
It's streaming live today on the internet here in America. Here's a story. Via Roger Ebert j.mp/bE20jsHi! rmichealpyle, Kelly and Hedvig... Thanks, for that link...a lot of additional info(rmation) about Lang's 1927 film Metropolis is included in Ebert's article. Once again, Thanks for sharing. DeeDee   |
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 12, 2010 21:25:48 GMT -6
I hear TCM Film festival in LA going have restoration of Metropolis of missing scenes that discover in Argentina Hi! Kelly, I think that I read that over there on TCM message board too, but for some unknown reason I didn't give it my full attention. Now, I'am "sitting upward" and most definitely, giving their website another look. Kelly, Thanks, for the reminder! :thumbsup: DeeDee |
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 12, 2010 21:31:09 GMT -6
Hi! Hedvig, LOL!  And I remember reading about a proposed Blue-ray DVD with the new material some time in the distant future? Hedvig, I plan to communicate with the man who played a part in the restoration of the film Metropolis for Kino...Therefore, I will relay your question to him...once I email him about the film Metropolistoo! DeeDee |
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Post by Hedvig on Feb 13, 2010 5:03:53 GMT -6
Thank you DeeDee! Seriously, I do dream very random things sometimes. That email should be really interesting, if they have an almost complete copy of Metropolis now, that's a major find. I never thought that would happen.
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Post by rmichaelpyle on Feb 13, 2010 6:37:02 GMT -6
I'm not sure about an Los Angeles showing, but the San Francisco silent film group led by Stacey Wisnia is showing the film in July with live accompaniment of Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto picture orchestra.
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Post by kelly on Feb 13, 2010 11:30:33 GMT -6
AHHH they been advertise that TCM going have their first film festival on the website it going be on April here in Los Angeles only
HEre huge thing I think this version is one with Argentina restored version
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Post by Midge on Feb 13, 2010 16:20:01 GMT -6
The S. F. Silent Film Festival is saying that Metropolis will be accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra, not Mont Alto. I got an announcement from them the other day since I'm on their mailing list.
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 13, 2010 21:30:09 GMT -6
Thank you DeeDee! Seriously, I do dream very random things sometimes. According to the article that I just linked...It's suppose to be released on blu-ray DVDs. That email should be really interesting, if they have an almost complete copy of Metropolis now, that's a major find. I never thought that would happen. Right you are...I would go so far, and say it's... miraculous!Unfortunately, I have not watched Metropolis yet (With "yet" being the operative word...Therefore, I will be looking forward to the release of the DVD too! DeeDee |
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 13, 2010 21:37:04 GMT -6
The S. F. Silent Film Festival is saying that Metropolis will be accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra, not Mont Alto. I got an announcement from them the other day since I'm on their mailing list. Wow...Midge Thanks, for this additional information about the film Metropolis...Because I'am about to participate in my first blogathon out there in the blogosphere and guess what film I'am about to focus on...if you guessed   Metropolis then you would be 100% correct. I will most definitely, check out their (The S. F. Silent Film Festival) website too! Thanks, DeeDee |
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Post by kelly on Feb 14, 2010 13:34:02 GMT -6
Yeah baby DVD Blue ray on 50 inch TV LOL! HD
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Post by Hedvig on Feb 14, 2010 19:41:37 GMT -6
DeeDee, thank you so much for the info! So the new restoration will be the first time you will see it? Cool. It's very silent-movie-ish, with exaggerated acting and makeup, as was traditional in a certain type of German cinema at that time. This movie is all movement, all strong emotions, grand buildings, special effects. In an extreme way it illustrates the struggles of a pretty extreme time period. I think it's flawed, perhaps, but still marvelous, epic cinema. Here's hoping they will keep the original score on the new version!
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Feb 16, 2010 21:24:23 GMT -6
DeeDee, thank you so much for the info! So the new restoration will be the first time you will see it? Cool. It's very silent-movie-ish, with exaggerated acting and makeup, as was traditional in a certain type of German cinema at that time. This movie is all movement, all strong emotions, grand buildings, special effects. In an extreme way it illustrates the struggles of a pretty extreme time period. I think it's flawed, perhaps, but still marvelous, epic cinema. Here's hoping they will keep the original score on the new version! @ Hi! Kelly, I agree with you... I bet that it's going to look great on blu-ray...Unfortunately, I'am going to have to "pry" my nephew away from his playstation 3 in hopes of watching it...since I don't own a Blu-ray recorder yet...(with yet being the operative word.) Hedvig, I can sense everything you have said, in your description about the film Metropolis just from watching the trailer. Here's hoping that I can understand the plot...On the other hand, with that famous and popular Film noir director (Fritz Lang) behind the camera I'am not surprised the film is considered a marvelous, film and epic cinema. I can hardly, wait to seek it out to watch...Hedvig, Thanks, for the heads-up! :thumbsup: DeeDee |
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Post by Hedvig on Feb 17, 2010 16:51:03 GMT -6
DeeDee, the plot could be confusing from time to time in the old version, but I think the new one will clear up some of it! At any rate it's always an enjoyable visual feast for the eyes.
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Post by kelly on Feb 17, 2010 17:08:02 GMT -6
I want get blue ray version that be cool to see on my 50 inch tv
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Post by kelly on Feb 18, 2010 12:04:46 GMT -6
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Mar 3, 2010 14:48:58 GMT -6
Hi! rmichealpyle, Hedvig, Kelly and Midge... Here goes a comment that a friend from England, posted on his blog yesterday. I must admit I will be so "happy" when I can say that too... Woot! By the way, Kelly, many thanks, for the article...too! DeeDee |
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Post by kelly on Mar 3, 2010 17:02:47 GMT -6
No problem I am going get that baby on BLUE Ray that going be awsome
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Apr 9, 2010 0:48:12 GMT -6
Hi! Larry 66 Diner Members, This News Was Just Posted By The Writer of my blog...Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ Coming to a Big Screen Near You
By Eric M. Armstrong -- Published on Apr 8th, 2010 and filed under Features, News.
Kino International announced Monday that Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, “Metropolis,” will be released theatrically in “all major markets throughout the US and Canada” in May. The version to be screened will include an extra 25 minutes once thought to be lost. Here is the official press release:Kino International is proud to announce the North American release of the new restoration of Fritz Lang’s 1927 science fiction masterpiece METROPOLIS, now with 25 minutes of lost footage and the original Gottfried Huppertz score. This new 147-minute version, being released as THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS, premiered on February 12 at the Berlin Film Festival and will have its first US showing on April 25 at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival. The film’s national theatrical release will commence on May 7, with a NY premiere at Film Forum, and on April 14, at Laemle’s Royal Theater in Los Angeles – followed by runs in all major markets throughout the US and Canada. The DVD and Blu-ray release is set for November of this year. Seldom has the rediscovery of a cache of lost footage ignited such widespread curiosity as did the announcement, in July 2008, that an essentially complete copy of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS had been found. CUTS AND MAJOR RESTORATIONS: When it was first screened in Berlin on January 10, 1927, the sci-fi epic ran an estimated 153 minutes. After its premiere engagement, in an effort to maximize the film’s commercial potential, the film’s distributors (Ufa in Germany, Paramount in the U.S.) drastically shortened METROPOLIS, which had been a major disappointment at the German box office. By the time it debuted in the states latter that year, the film ran approximately 90 minutes (exact running times are difficult to determine because silent films were not always projected at a standardized speed). METROPOLIS went on to become one of the cornerstones of science fiction cinema foreshadowing BLADE RUNNER and THE MATRIX to name just a few recent examples. Testament to its enduring popularity, the film has undergone numerous restorations in the intervening decades. In 1984, the film was reissued with additional footage, color tints, and a pop rock score (but with many of its intertitles removed) by music producer Giorgio Moroder. A more archival restoration was completed in 1987, under the direction of Enno Patalas of the Munich Film Archive, in which missing scenes were represented with title cards and still photographs. More recently, the 2001 restoration combined footage from four archives and ran at a triumphant 124 minutes. It was widely believed that this would be the most complete version of Lang’s film that contemporary audiences could ever hope to see. But, in the summer of 2008, the curator of the Buenos Aires Museo del Cine discovered a 16mm dupe negative that was considerably longer than any existing print. It included not merely a few additional snippets, but 25 minutes of “lost” footage, about a fifth of the film, that had not been seen since its Berlin debut. The discovery of such a significant amount of material called for yet another restoration. This was executed by Anke Wilkening of the Murnau Stiftung (Foundation), the German institution that is the caretaker of virtually all pre 1945 German films, Martin Koerber Film Department Curator of the Deutche Kinemateque and on the music side, by Frank Stoebel. The result of their work was first seen by the public on February 12 at the 1600 seat Friederichstrasse Palaste, accompanied by a 60-piece orchestra playing the original 1927 score by Huppertz. The public and critical response was ecstatic. Regarding the quality of the added footage Ms. Wilkening has said: “The work on the restoration teaches us once more that no restoration is ever definitive,” says Wilkening, “Even if we are allowed for the first time to come as close to the first release as ever before, the new version will still remain an approach. The rediscovered sections which change the film’s composition, will at the same time always be recognizable through their damages as those parts that had been lost for 80 years.” Further information on THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS and annotations of all recovered scenes – as well as images, clips and theatrical playdates – will be uploaded to the new Metropolis website, which goes live on April 15. The site will be hosted at www.kino.com/metropolis.
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Apr 9, 2010 1:16:49 GMT -6
METROPOLISwent on to become one of the cornerstones of science fiction cinema foreshadowing BLADE RUNNER and THE MATRIX to name just a few recent examples. Testament to its enduring popularity, the film has undergone numerous restorations in the intervening decades.
In 1984, the film was reissued with additional footage, color tints, and a pop rock score (but with many of its intertitles removed) by music producer Giorgio Moroder. A more archival restoration was completed in 1987, under the direction of Enno Patalas of the Munich Film Archive, in which missing scenes were represented with title cards and still photographs. More recently, the 2001 restoration combined footage from four archives and ran at a triumphant 124 minutes. It was widely believed that this would be the most complete version of Lang’s film that contemporary audiences could ever hope to see.What a coincidence...because on my blogspot I'am featuring a special guest all this month a man name Gilchrist Anderson, whom just restored Giorgio Moroder's version of Fritz Lang's 1927 film...If you go here to my blogspot you can checkout his handiwork... Gilchrist Anderson's Restoration of Moroder Version of Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis... NOW, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS... SHOULD GIORGIO MORODER, HAVE COLOUR TINTED, AND ADDED POP MUSIC TO LANG'S 1927 FILM METROPOLIS?
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Post by Midge on Apr 9, 2010 2:26:38 GMT -6
Generally speaking I don't mind if lighter fare such as musicals, comedies, adventure or children's movies are colorized. I am not a purist that way. A lot of films would have been made in color had it not been so expensive back then. As long as the colorization is done tastefully so it looks natural, I have no problem. That said, I think that Metropolis is not the type of film that would be improved by adding color. It has an unreal look to it that is enhanced by the black-and-white photography. As for the score, I don't know what Giorgio Moroder has in mind, but I prefer to hear music that is authentic to the period of the film. However, if the modern score is written with sensitivity and - again - good taste, I don't mind. So I will give the new score the benefit of the doubt, but definitely thumbs down on color.  |
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Post by robin on Apr 9, 2010 21:36:26 GMT -6
I've seen this twice, once with an authentic score and another - on a video someone lent me - that had some rubbish rock music score to it.
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Post by Midge on Apr 10, 2010 1:10:14 GMT -6
I've seen this twice, once with an authentic score and another - on a video someone lent me - that had some rubbish rock music score to it. Robin, I guess we should take that as a "no" vote. |
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Apr 11, 2010 15:48:41 GMT -6
I'am glad that we live in a day and age where there are choices...because my parents, reminded me of a time in their lives when they had no choices when it came to what format to watch films. For instance, No DVDs, No Blu-Rays, No Ipod, No, etc, etc, etc... ...I'am now treading on "very" thin ice I know and most definitely, trying not to... offend  lovers of silent films. Personally, I would prefer to watch the colour-tinted, pop music, version.  Because the print is almost pristine and the music is what would hold my attention, but I plan on watching both versions. (As a matter of fact, the restored Black and White version of Metropolis is coming my way soon...via England.) (Please be mindful of the fact, that I'am a big fan of... film noir and haven't watched too many silent films yet...with "yet" being the operative word.) DeeDee |
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Post by Hedvig on Apr 11, 2010 18:21:01 GMT -6
Well I think if you're a fan of film noir you might enjoy the German silents. The visual style has many similarities. I think the German silents, and in particular the expressionist films, helped influence the style of film noir.
I'm not surprised you find the Moroder version more interesting. In fact I agree with you when it comes to the music. I can always watch a silent for its history, and some entertainment value, but when the music for it is great it really lifts the whole experience for me. Part of the reason why I like the Kino restoration of Metropolis so much is because of the combination of music and images. It's like a music video, or a ballet perhaps? The fact that it's the original score shows that film makers of the time were very much aware of the powerful effect of film combined with appropriately dramatic music. I couldn't watch any other version than the Kino version because it has become the definitive version for me - until the newest restoration with the missing footage becomes available, that is.
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Post by kelly on Apr 12, 2010 15:06:33 GMT -6
I didn't like Moder version having Blonde aka Debbie Harry singing on that song track what they thinking LOL!
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Post by filmnoirfanatic on Apr 12, 2010 21:43:54 GMT -6
Well I think if you're a fan of film noir you might enjoy the German silents. The visual style has many similarities. I think the German silents, and in particular the expressionist films, helped influence the style of film noir. I'm not surprised you find the Moroder version more interesting. In fact I agree with you when it comes to the music. I can always watch a silent for its history, and some entertainment value, but when the music for it is great it really lifts the whole experience for me. Oh! yes, I have to second the notion that when it comes to silent films the music plays a vital role...especially, when it comes to silent films and holding my attention whenever I do watch silent films. Part of the reason why I like the Kino restoration of Metropolis so much is because of the combination of music and images. It's like a music video, or a ballet perhaps? The fact that it's the original score shows that film makers of the time were very much aware of the powerful effect of film combined with appropriately dramatic music. I couldn't watch any other version than the Kino version because it has become the definitive version for me - until the newest restoration with the missing footage becomes available, that is. Hi! Hedvig, How eloquently, you have explained the importants of silent films, images, and music, but most importantly, how films from the silent era referred to as expressionist films influenced that style of film making called... film noir.Thanks, DeeDee |
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Metropolis then you would be 100% correct. I will most definitely, check out their (The S. F. Silent Film Festival) website too!
