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Metropolis Overview:

Metropolis (1927) was a Drama - Science Fiction Film directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Erich Pommer and Giorgio Moroder.

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METROPOLIS And The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

The spectacular German silent epic METROPOLIS is one of my favorite films of all time. I've been mesmerized and entranced by it since I first saw it as a young teenager. Seeing METROPOLIS at any time, under any circumstances, is a great experience. But seeing the restored version in a theatrical ven... Read full article


reblog: Stream 48 Classic & Contemporary German Films Free Online: From Fritz Lang’s Metropolis to Margarethe von Trotta’s Hannah Arendt

The site Open Culture makes a practice of giving leads to bits of free culture around the intertubes. Their latest caught my eye. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the German Expressionist classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. As soon as Robert Weine’s 1920 film came o... Read full article


Voyage to Metropolis, 2010, a robust, thrilling and mysterious journey! (4)

If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise nach Metropoli... Read full article


Voyage to Metropolis, 2010, a robust, thrilling and mysterious journey! (3)

Originally posted on Classic Film Aficionados: If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage ... Read full article


Voyage to Metropolis, 2010, a robust, thrilling and mysterious journey!

Classic Film Aficionados If you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on Voyage to Metropolis. Die Re... Read full article


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The restored version of 2001 was based on a digital restoration at 2K resolution from the best available sources then known to exist. The image quality far surpassed anything seen since the original release of the film.

Included among the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', edited by Steven Jay Schneider.

The multiple-exposed sequences were not created in a lab but right during the filming on the set. The film was rewound in the camera and then exposed again right away. This was done up to 30 times.

In certain versions of the film, Fritz Rasp is credited as playing 'Slim', not the Thin Man.

Was so influential on Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster that they named their character's city after it.

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