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10/30/09
now, if they could find a print of Her Friend The Bandit, i would be happy....
(Her Friend The Bandit is an early Chaplin film (1914), made at Keystone with Mabel Normand. it holds the distinction of the only Chaplin film of the over 80 he made, that no known print exists). #metropolis
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Only the Kino DVD has Lang's original plot, which is FAR better than the American cut. It also has the original score, re-recorded for the DVD, and the restoration is simply beautiful. It looks like it was shot yesterday (unlike those old 80s releases which are absolutely awful in quality).
The Kino DVD was 2 and a half hours long, and contained missing scenes (mostly involving a sideplot with Metropolis's red light district and a chase sequence between the Thin Man and some other characters). On the DVD these scenes are described in title cards. This new release restores all but one of those missing scenes.
I am sad that there's one scene beyond repair. Maybe they can include the beyond repair scene as damaged as it is so that we may at least see it? #metropolis
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The Kino DVD has the robot on the cover and a ton of extra features and stuff. If you look on Kino's website you'll find a picture of the cover and a trailer and it's night and day compared to the earlier versions. #metropolis
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Or maybe it should've been. #metropolis
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Tame by Ibiza standards today but back then... #metropolis
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code = 1934 #metropolis
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Of course I'll still have to wait for a home video release, or if we're lucky, a stateside theatrical release, but at least it's done and out there now. #metropolis
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I remember watching this when I was about 9 and being intrigued but so tired I fell asleep then re-watched it and thought it would be so cool with industrial music. #metropolis
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I enjoy the film but now have the urge to MST3K it. #metropolis
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I actually can't bring myself to watch the re-cut version because I worry it's disrespectful to Welles's memory. #metropolis
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This is quite exciting. Metropolis is such an epic film that gets better every time I see it. #metropolis
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[www.thelocal.de]
already had them pulled up #metropolis
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If you haven't watched the movie, and you're a little shy about silent or b&w films (my kids always complain) I recommend the Giorgio Moroder's 80's Pop-Rock version. Purists find it apocryphal, but I love it- Queen, Adam Ant, Pat Benetar, etc. with a little color tinting (which was actually done back in the day). #metropolis
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It's going to be tricky in this case in that I'm willing to bet this version was never submitted for copyright (although, I could be wrong). I remember reading something about Scorsese's involvement in the restoration, and I was always under the impression his foundation was non-profit, so who really knows what'll happen.. #metropolis
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