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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jul 3, 2008 19:57:17 GMT -5
I know a lot of you are big on films so hopefully this will be appreciated. A full print of Fritz Lang's Metropolis has been found in Buenos Aries. This really is pretty much a holy grail for lovers of cinema. Three articles about the discovery - www.aintitcool.com/node/37324www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/metropolis-vorab-englischwww.aintitcool.com/node/37332I realise this seems to be one of those films people get told to watch, or have forced upon them in school/college and sometimes dont get the hype about like Citizen Kane, but this is a really important find. |
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Post by big nasty on Jul 3, 2008 19:59:55 GMT -5
this and things to come are two of my favorite sci fi movies (if you would call them that). really, almost every concept of the "future city" (design wise, at least) can be seen in the architecture of metroplis
very interesting, ill have to read the articles.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 3, 2008 20:00:16 GMT -5
Holy crap, that's huge. One of my alltime favorite films.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 3, 2008 20:02:21 GMT -5
Dude, this film is what pretty much made sci-fi films possible! Not only that, but it was the grandfather of all modern special effect techniques.
If there is a Movie Hall of Fame, this would be in the Hall of the Gods.
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Post by big nasty on Jul 3, 2008 20:05:04 GMT -5
after reading the articles (aside from the german one), i can say i havent been this interested to see a movie in a long, long time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2008 20:12:56 GMT -5
Wow. I had to watch the movie last year for school and liked it. It was the version with '80s music though, so I just muted it  . This is awesome though. |
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jul 3, 2008 20:17:51 GMT -5
Anyone see the unintentional hilarity of a guy named Adolpho sending a film from Germany to Argentina? Might have to be a bit of a history buff to get that one, I guess.
In any event this is phenomenal news.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Jul 3, 2008 20:30:18 GMT -5
;D!!! Great news for us silent movie (and film in general) buffs. The restoration process will be very interesting.
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Post by Jiren on Jul 3, 2008 20:41:54 GMT -5
sweet
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 3, 2008 20:57:32 GMT -5
Anyone see the unintentional hilarity of a guy named Adolpho sending a film from Germany to Argentina? Might have to be a bit of a history buff to get that one, I guess. In any event this is phenomenal news. Oh yes, the Nazi exodus to Argentina after the fall of the 3rd Reich. I knew of that event from 2 places: 1) History Channel 2) Hellsing |
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jul 3, 2008 20:59:02 GMT -5
Anyone see the unintentional hilarity of a guy named Adolpho sending a film from Germany to Argentina? Might have to be a bit of a history buff to get that one, I guess. In any event this is phenomenal news. Oh yes, the Nazi exodus to Argentina after the fall of the 3rd Reich. I knew of that event from 2 places: 1) History Channel 2) Hellsing Well ok I completely forgot about Hellsing being a possible information source, but yes that's exactly what i was going for there. Seriously though, Adolpho, it's almost like the jokes wanted to be written. |
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Post by gsguy on Jul 3, 2008 21:08:23 GMT -5
This is huge HUGE HUGE news! As Dr. said, this is pretty much the holy grail of films. Now let's find a complete print of Theda Bara's Cleopatra guys |
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Post by Triple Kelly on Jul 3, 2008 21:18:49 GMT -5
This is huge HUGE HUGE news! As Dr. said, this is pretty much the holy grail of films. Now let's find a complete print of Theda Bara's Cleopatra guys Also, Lon Chaney and Tod Browning's London After Midnight is much much sought after. |
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Post by gsguy on Jul 3, 2008 21:29:37 GMT -5
This is huge HUGE HUGE news! As Dr. said, this is pretty much the holy grail of films. Now let's find a complete print of Theda Bara's Cleopatra guys Also, Lon Chaney and Tod Browning's London After Midnight is much much sought after. Yeah that too. Lots of legendary lost films have been found in the last 10 years. Edison's Frankenstein and Disney's Little Red Riding Hood to name two. |
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Post by DSR on Jul 3, 2008 23:08:44 GMT -5
This is huge HUGE HUGE news! As Dr. said, this is pretty much the holy grail of films. Now let's find a complete print of Theda Bara's Cleopatra guys Also, Lon Chaney and Tod Browning's London After Midnight is much much sought after. I'm seriously hoping London After Midnight gets found. The stills re-creation only serves to make the actual movie look awesome! Great to hear about Metropolis, though. |
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Post by leapinglambert on Jul 5, 2008 9:26:46 GMT -5
Cool. From the looks for the article, it will add almost 100 minutres to the movie. ***marking for Robot Maria**** |
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. This is awesome though.
