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Metropolis: A Film Far Ahead of its Time

2007-12-20 11:59:54 by Gautam in Broken Projector
 
...Metropolis and say it has already been done Metropolis was the worlds first ever science fiction film; It was made in 1927 by master German filmmaker Fritz Lang. The gigantic silent film ran at a full length of 3 and a half hours and for the first time showed audiences all over the world the true power of cinema. The film succeeded in...
 
Tags: film, metropolis, workers move, workers, science fiction film, gigantic silent film, workers labour, workers city, conversation freder throws
 
 
 
 
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"Rediscovered"! Metropolis.

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2008-07-02 12:20:00 by Editor in The Latest from GreenCine Daily
...Metropolis . "The most important silent film in German history," they announce, "can, from this day forward, be considered rediscovered Frankly, I'm beside myself. In one of the first pieces I wrote for GreenCine - nearly six years ago now, long before there was a Daily - I profiled the diligent and talented folks at Alpha-Omega who had...
 
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METROPOLIS UNEARTHED!

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2008-07-02 21:23:00 by Dennis Cozzalio in Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule
...Metropolis , long thought to be lost, is anything but. As Hudson relates, according to ZEITMagazin , "The most important silent film in German history can, from this day forward, be considered rediscovered." The movie was significantly cut down, by as much as one-quarter of the footage, from its original Berlin premiere version by Paramount...
 
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Lost Version of Fritz Langs Metropolis Rediscovered

2008-07-04 02:58:01 by Editor in Movie Blog
 
...Metropolis has resurfaced in Argentina, German newspaper Die Zeit reports in an exclusive. It appears that the print may well be Langs complete original cut, which was only shown briefly in Berlin cinemas in early 1927. Over a quarter of the film has been believed lost since then. Helmut Possmann of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation...
 
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May 4, 1968 Schedule: "The Giant Of Metropolis" and "The Outer Limits" 11:45PM

2008-05-12 20:46:00 by Bob Wilkins: The Man Behind The Cigar in Bob Wilkins: The Man Behind The Cigar
 
Bob Wilkins presents a Sci-Fi/Peplum Movie called THE GIANT OF METROPOLIS starring GORDON MITCHELL as Muscleman Ohro travelling to Atlantis to battle evil lord, YOH-TAR. This movie is available on DVD from RETROMEDIA. Bob also shows an episode of THE OUTER LIMITS
 
Tags: outer limits, sci-fipeplum movie, movie, bob, battle evil lord, bob wilkins, metropolis, muscleman ohro, gordon mitchell
 
 
 
 
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Monday YouTube: Metropolis (Giorgio Moroder Version)

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2008-06-30 00:28:00 by John in SF Signal
 
From the YouTube contributor: "The most ridiculous 5 minutes of Moroder's 1984 restoration of Fritz Lang's Metropolis - taken from the Laserdisc release Bizarre via Poe TV
 
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Metropolis Now!

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2008-07-03 18:12:00 by C. Jerry Kutner in Bright Lights After Dark
...Metropolis has been discovered in a Buenos Aires film archive, including scenes long considered to be lost forever. The Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation will be working with the Buenos Aires archive to restore the rediscovered scenes and make them available to the public. I cant wait David W. Hudson provides the story and updates here
 
Tags: buenos aires archive, sci-fi masterpiece metropolis, scenes, greencine daily, original version, fritz langs, lost forever, story, hudson
 
 
 
 
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Lost Scenes from 80-Year Old Metropolis Found

2008-07-05 07:23:02 by Sam in Slice of SciFi
 
Reporters were given a rare opportunity this week to see a piece of cinematic history that has laid hidden and thought to be lost for over 80 years. Those lost scenes came from the Fritz Lang classic sci-fi film Metropolis. All this time the can containing the scenes were sitting in the archives of a
 
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MISSING FOOTAGE FROM FRITZ LANG'S "METROPOLIS" DISCOVERED AFTER 80 YEARS!

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2008-07-12 07:52:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...Metropolis in Berlin in 1927, it would be the last time the film would be seen in its complete state. Like Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons , Lang's film was cut substantially and the missing footage- considered vital to the storyline- was presumed lost forever. Recently, however, missing reels turned up in a film archive in Argentina...
 
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