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Date Posted: 21:29:47 07/05/08 Sat
Author: Rick
Subject: Lost footage of "Metropolis" found!

Do you want to hear something EXTREMELY cool, especially if you're a serious film fan? Film archivists at the Museo del Cine (Cinema Museum) in Buenos Aires have recently uncovered the lost footage from Fritz Lang's original 1927 version of Metropolis in 16mm negatives! You can read more on this news here at ZEIT Online and here as well. Apparently a copy of the long version of the film was sent to Argentina in 1928 for a theatre screening. Shortly thereafter, a local film critic came into possession of the film reels and added them to his private collection. They were later sold to Argentina's National Art Fund, and were eventually donated to the Museo del Cine, where they were eventually rediscovered by the museum's new curator this past January. (And what a nice way to start a new job!) The footage isn't apparently in the greatest shape, but it CAN be restored to the point where Lang's original vision can finally be appreciated by audiences in theatres and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. As fans of the film are no doubt aware, some 20% of the footage from Lang's original version was considered lost until this discovery. This is just extremely cool news! You can read our review of Kino's previous (and outstanding, we might add) DVD release here. Let's hope Kino is able to include the new footage in their forthcoming Blu-ray edition due sometime in 2009. Special thanks to Bits reader David J. for bringing our attention to this! We can't WAIT to see it for ourselves.

Bill Hunt, Editor
The Digital Bits

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[> Re: Lost footage of "Metropolis" found! -- Tim, 01:10:46 08/07/08 Thu [1]

That is exciting news indeed. Metropolis is an historically important silent film that still plays well with modern viewers, yet none of us have really seen the full version of this Fritz Lang classic.

Tim


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[> [> Re: Lost footage of "Metropolis" found! -- Rick, 02:22:06 08/11/08 Mon [1]

Thanks to the discovery of the lost footage, we'll be able to when it's issued on Blu-Ray next year.




Rick


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