AICN have got a hold of some of the screengrabs of footage from the previously lost significant portion of Fritz Lang’s classic Metropolis…
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And today The Digital Bits carry the exciting news that the new footage we spoke about yesterday will indeed be placed on the Blu-Ray release next year…
We’ve just heard back from our friends over at Kino International. The good news is that they have officially confirmed that the newly-discovered footage from Fritz Lang’s original version of Metropolis… WILL be a part of the forthcoming special edition Blu-ray Disc release in 2009. What’s more, the new special edition will be released on standard DVD format as well on the same day.
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Too bad the movie sucks ass.
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Phil-Have you ever seen this movie? it is possibly the best movie ever made and still to this day a very influential part of our culture. If you want to trash this movie, this is not the place to do it.
Personally, i think i will have to stand in line at 12:00 at night on its release date to get it. Anyone know the final date of release for this?
I’m a collector of silent films & I look forward for this film to come out again with the missing footage,I’M THERE DUDE to get it,this is the best thing that has happened to the history of this film,”Metropolis” is a cool film & I’m glad they found what was missing from this film so we can see what was thought to been lost when they shaved it down in 1927,I have a few films in my collection that were thought to been lost like “The Passion of Joan of Arc” & “Beyond the Rocks” but you must not forget Fritz Lang’s other body of work too & I have those as well which also has a place in my collection.
My problem with the new release is the music score. I really like the version with Queen and others making a semi rock music score in the 80′s. I don’t know what musical score they have put behind the new release but I don’t like the depressing orhcestra realese.
the last time the film was restored in 2001 they put the score that was composed for the film in 1926-27,I’m sure they’ll having it again with the music for those missing scenes that have been recovered,I haven’t seen that version with rock music that you talk about but I’ve heard of it for years but I don’t know where to find a copy of it,Well with silent films any music score can be put to these old films,some when they were released back in the day never had one so it was left up to the ones who were playing the music when the film was being shown all they had to do was to wing~it so many of these films it was left up to them on it’s soundtrack,in my collection I have some have the score that was composed for some of the films in my collection.
Steve, (and anyone else who might be interested)
I agree the score from the 2001 release is a bit underwhelming. By strange coincidence (ie the first thing I pulled from the shelf) I juxtaposed the film with an album by the band, Orbital. The album is titled ‘Insides’ (it’s important to get the 2 disc version). It’s not a scene for scene match, but the results are pretty compelling and gives the film something of a modern overtone. If you can find the album I highly recommend giving this a try with the 2001 Kino release of the DVD.
I have both the un~restored as well as the Kino version of the film but not the rock version but I would like to see it if i can find it, heard they put this one in color too,I just got Fritz Lang’s other films from Kino yesterday,I have to say about one of them that I got to see for the first time is “WOE!” & they had two of the posters to “Metropolis” in it as part of the set design of one scene,I’ve seen the other two I just got but it’s been years but I’m glad to have his other body of work in my film collection,I still have one more of his from the silent era from 1919 to get.