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◊ 2006-05-30 00:44 |
Fritz Lang showed in his film what George Lucas quoted three quarter of a century later: Interesting to see what 'future' 80 years ago ment: traffic jam! This was filmed in a stop-motion-technique: Another idea which we have today is the video-telephone: At that time no one even used the word 'video', apart from Latin scholars. Here we see C-3POs grandmother: ... and some more pleasures for the eyes -- only for those of you who admit liking it... Remember, the film is 80 years old! I found one more vehicle, an electric cart, but hardly visible: And finaly I'd like to mention that this film is part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. |
◊ 2006-05-31 07:39 |
Looks amazing ! I wish I could see this movie some day. |
◊ 2006-05-31 14:30 |
I have the updated ..Musical version of this film...But haven't seen it for a long time.. It didn't even occur to me to look for cars.! |
◊ 2006-05-31 15:00 |
These images are from the restored and reconstructed version of 2001. I heard about the Rumpler cars being in this film and ordered it straight away. |
◊ 2006-05-31 15:43 |
..No idea if the cars appear in that musical version..i'll have to check.! |
◊ 2006-06-02 05:45 |
..The musical version (1984)by Giorgio Moroder (..anyone remember the Cizeta Moroder.?) sorry..drifting from the subject...back to the film ... this version was also said to be a restored version ..with extra scenes added ... and it was colourized (..the colours are poor in places ...but it gives the film a different look.!) running time is said to be 83 mins ..approx. -- Last edit: 2006-06-02 05:46:44 |
◊ 2006-06-02 14:35 |
Some say the original film was 5 hours long. Can someone verify this ? |
◊ 2006-06-02 14:40 |
As far as I know the premiere cut was 210 mins long. |
◊ 2006-06-02 17:02 |
The original version had a length of 4189 m, which at 24 images per second means 153 minutes. The version reconstructed in 2001 by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau foundation has a lenght of 117 minutes. |
◊ 2006-06-02 18:30 |
Too bad that part of such movie is lost forever They could rather lose a part of "Spice Word" (for those that remember that thing ) or something like that |
◊ 2006-07-29 20:29 |
from the colorized/musical version...(Georgio Moroder 1984) |
◊ 2006-07-29 20:30 |
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◊ 2006-07-30 07:46 |
I have seen this movie before, and found it to be quite odd. Born in the wrong generation I guess... "C3PO's grandmother" must've been extremely advanced for it's time, as it is still futuristic-looking today! |
◊ 2008-08-02 13:35 |
Missing parts were recently discovered in a Film Museum in Buenos Aires. It is said that it is a rather scratched copy, so to restore it will take some time. Still it can be said that the missing scenes will add a new dimension to the film. ... and there is a lengthy scene in a car! |
◊ 2010-10-24 18:26 |
The Kino DVD will be out November 16. The restored version is currently touring film festivals and on TCM as "Metropolis Refound". Story: http://www.fipresci.org/undercurrent/issue_0609/pena_metropolis.htm |