World Famous Comics: Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
Starring: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp Directed By: Fritz Lang Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Silent, NTSC Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 18, 2003 Running Time: 117 minutes Studio: Paramount Pictures Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1927
Product Description: It is the future & humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers who make plans (but dont know how anything works) & the workers who achieve goals (but dont have the vision). One man from the thinkers dares visit the underground where the workers toil & is astonished by what he sees.. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 11/09/2004 Run time: 124 minutes
Amazon.com essential video: Fritz Lang's Metropolis belongs to legend as much as to cinema. It's a milestone of sci-fi and German expressionism. Yet the story makes minimal sense, and the "theme" belongs in a fortune cookie; to experience the film's pagan power, you have to see the movie. But for decades we couldn't, not really--not with so many versions, all incomplete, often in public-domain prints like smudged photocopies. This Murnau Foundation restoration changes all that. Some shots, scenes, and subplots may be lost forever, but intertitles indicate how they fit into the original continuity and the characters' individual trajectories. Most crucially, the images are crisp, vibrant, and three-dimensional instead of murky and flattened. The composite sequences (the Tower of Babel, a sea of lusting eyes) have been restored to their hallucinatory ferocity. And there's one moment when you can see a bead of sweat roll down a man's cheek--in medium long-shot. --Richard T. Jameson
Here comes the fully-restored version.... ^ Restored version with live symphony orchestra playing the original score premieres simultaneously in Berlin and Frankfurt on 12 February 2010.
BE WARNED ^ If you think you will sleep throughout the classic Fritz Lang film, this is the version for you.
I really enjoyed the movie but, one must be warned that this movie version is abridged HEAVILY and perhaps, COMPLETELY. It gets right to the point. I felt that too much of the original was taken off. I recommend watching the unabridged version as well (to see what you are missing!). I have watched the original version in German, therefore I see the flaws of this version. This experience will feel like, reading a sparknotes summary before reading a Shakespeare classic.
The order came right away and made my day. However, the quality of the dvd plastic box wasn't the best. It was not well made, the plastic covering was bumpy. As a collector, I had to switch the content to a better dvd plastic box.
I have mixed opinion about this version. But I feel like it was a good deal for the money.
Kino is version to get. ^ The movie is a classic. Exceptional. The first of the great scifis. Enough already.... On to the important part of the review: which version to get. Kino is, without a doubt the best edition out there. I've seen a few others and was extremely dissapointed. The problem is that lots of scenes from the original print have been lost. Many editions have not tried to keep the original complex storyline intact and so the entire beauty of the movie has been lost (to say nothing of the bad orchestral accompaniments and bad print qualities to go around!).
Kino has a great soundtrack, wonderful print quality and is faithful to the original storyline. so much so that when there is a missing scene, Kino puts up an intertitle to explain what was happening int he missing scene so that the original storyline still makes sense.
Get this version or don't get any. And, of course, enjoy!
Metropolis (w/ original 1927 score) Kino Video ^ This film is the roots of movie Sci-fi, The only way this DVD could be better is if they ever find the missing footage, (about 20 min's). the restoration on the dvd is more that anyone could hope for. This is probably as close to the original release as possible.
Don't buy the Synergy Ent edition ^ Not much to say about a cheap, almost unwatchable transfer. It's not even worth the low price, believe me.
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