Metropolis: 24 more minutes found in Argentina
source: http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/07/metropolis_more.php
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Like Orsen Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil, Metropolis underwent heavy editing in the hands of Hollywood studio moguls. Paramount Pictures attempted to simplify Lang's labyrinthine narrative by chopping a rumored half hour out of the film. This footage was presumed to be lost, but this recent discovery could result in the original cut restored for audiences to enjoy.
Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Welles notes that even with the 2003 restoration effort, he never felt that narrative ever really suffered or felt to be lacking in any significant way. What do you think?
Here's a Yahoo! News story with more details: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/ennew_afp/entertainmentgermanyargentinafilm...
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SilenceNoMore
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can someone explain what this movie is to me?
- 3 years ago
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SilenceNoMore
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huntre
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To quote Daffy Duck..."Dah-rool, Dah-rool."
- 3 years ago
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huntre
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ocanada
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Wow, this give me hope for an Ambersons cut. The film elaborated on the themes of the book in an eloquent fashion. The book was a pulitzer winner, and also had an overly winding storyline. Wells made the film so that it looked like a faded photograph that got progressively more dull as the film wore on. The idea was to express the loss of an era to mere memory or nostalgia. It was brilliant, I'd love to see it as intended.
- 3 years ago
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ocanada
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Ayahuasca2012
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Cool! I need to watch it again actually.
- 3 years ago
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Ayahuasca2012
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diode
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with a review like that from vierotchka i'll have to go out and buy it
- 3 years ago
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diode
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Brockie
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That's great news. I always thought that Metropolis was a film ahead of it's time.
- 3 years ago
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Brockie
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ctrl_alt_del
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Awesome. I'm going to totally buy it
- 3 years ago
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ctrl_alt_del
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Vierotchka
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Metropolis is, in my opinion, the best film ever made.
- 3 years ago
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Vierotchka
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lfm
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at least it wasnt a lie, like when argentina said they had nuclear fusion under control, back in the 50's
now u may ask, a movie and nuclear fusion? and ill say, que tiene que ver el culo con la tempera?
- 3 years ago
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lfm
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kristianbrodie
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Great news - but raises the question, what the hell is it doing in Argentina??!?
- 3 years ago
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kristianbrodie
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Vierotchka
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kristianbrodie:
It was probably brought there by a Nazi refugee.
- 3 years ago
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Vierotchka
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