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PrintableLammastide said: SCNDLS said: For real.  How was there no other copies of this version, even in the director's possession???Seems odd, but apparently stuff like this wasn't uncommon. I'm a big fan of the original Wicker Man (1972), and until 2002 all soundtrack recordings of the movie were awful lifts directly from the final cut(s) of the film. It wasn't until 2002 that someone literally chanced upon the lone original master of the music, allowing for a full soundtrack to be released without truncated edits, sound effects, dialogue, etc. Even the studio hadn't seen this stuff in 30 years! Can you just imagine what other gems are floating out there in studio storage rooms and personal archives!?!  You're right - it isn't uncommon, at all. In fact, a majority of early films have been lost, forgotten, irreparably damaged or destroyed (many simply for lack of preservation). The Metropolis find is huge. One can only hope that it will be put in good hands and lovingly restored and preserved.  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: Lammastide said: Seems odd, but apparently stuff like this wasn't uncommon. I'm a big fan of the original Wicker Man (1972), and until 2002 all soundtrack recordings of the movie were awful lifts directly from the final cut(s) of the film. It wasn't until 2002 that someone literally chanced upon the lone original master of the music, allowing for a full soundtrack to be released without truncated edits, sound effects, dialogue, etc. Even the studio hadn't seen this stuff in 30 years! Can you just imagine what other gems are floating out there in studio storage rooms and personal archives!?! You're right - it isn't uncommon, at all. In fact, a majority of early films have been lost, forgotten, irreparably damaged or destroyed (many simply for lack of preservation). The Metropolis find is huge. One can only hope that it will be put in good hands and lovingly restored and preserved. if i remember correctly there was a fire or something and the footage was lost. plus the film was made in preWWII Germany... You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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ehuffnsd said: Genesia said: You're right - it isn't uncommon, at all. In fact, a majority of early films have been lost, forgotten, irreparably damaged or destroyed (many simply for lack of preservation). The Metropolis find is huge. One can only hope that it will be put in good hands and lovingly restored and preserved. if i remember correctly there was a fire or something and the footage was lost. plus the film was made in preWWII Germany... Kinda funny that this footage would turn up in Argentina -- especially given that country's reputation for harboring Nazis.  Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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I never seen it. i want to but I dont wanna watch a movie with no sound  Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: I never seen it. i want to but I dont wanna watch a movie with no sound
What!?!  You've never seen a silent film!?! You're missing some good stuff, bruh!!
No worries, though... The film has always been accompanied by various music soundtracks and, sometimes, dubbed sound effects. Take your pick of a version: http://www.geocities.com/...oroder.htm Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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Lammastide said: ehuffnsd said: if i remember correctly there was a fire or something and the footage was lost. plus the film was made in preWWII Germany... Kinda funny that this footage would turn up in Argentina -- especially given that country's reputation for harboring Nazis. I doubt it's a coincidence, at all. Fritz Lang did a lot of work for the fascists (which is what the Nazis were). We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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paisleypark4 said: I never seen it. i want to but I dont wanna watch a movie with no sound
That's crazy. Silent movies are great! And they all have musical accompaniment - it isn't a matter of no sound, at all. Some of my favorites: Wings (1927 - first film to win a Best Picture Oscar and Gary Cooper's first film. Also featured Clara Bow.) The Wind (1928 Saw this on the big screen with original Grand Barton accompaniment. Between the film and the music, most exhausting movie I've ever seen.) The Thief of Baghdad (1924 Douglas Fairbanks Sr.  )
The Sheik (1921 Rudolph Valentino )
Blood and Sand (1922 Valentino again )
The Kid (1921 Charlie Chaplin) The Beloved Rogue (1927 John Barrymore )
Tempest (1928 John Barrymore) I could go on and on... We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: Lammastide said: Kinda funny that this footage would turn up in Argentina -- especially given that country's reputation for harboring Nazis. I doubt it's a coincidence, at all. Fritz Lang did a lot of work for the fascists (which is what the Nazis were).  And it'll be funny to watch how the Lang-SS-Peron connection is danced around with this latest development.Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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Genesia said: paisleypark4 said: I never seen it. i want to but I dont wanna watch a movie with no sound
That's crazy. Silent movies are great! And they all have musical accompaniment - it isn't a matter of no sound, at all. Some of my favorites: Wings (1927 - first film to win a Best Picture Oscar and Gary Cooper's first film. Also featured Clara Bow.) The Wind (1928 Saw this on the big screen with original Grand Barton accompaniment. Between the film and the music, most exhausting movie I've ever seen.) The Thief of Baghdad (1924 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. )
The Sheik (1921 Rudolph Valentino )
Blood and Sand (1922 Valentino again )
The Kid (1921 Charlie Chaplin) The Beloved Rogue (1927 John Barrymore )
Tempest (1928 John Barrymore) I could go on and on... Haxan: Witchcraft Throughout The Ages | |
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i loooove metropolis, and i have an unexplored love for silent film in general.
when i was in high school, i got really bored one weekend and wired the stereo to our VCR so i could "re-score" the giorgio moroder version of "metropolis" onto a new tape. considering i was a 17-year-old with no professional editing equipment other than the best retail A/V components 1987 had to offer, the results weren't half bad! though some of the miscued songs were a little unintentionally hilarious. i need to dig that mess out for a party someday... | |
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TMPletz said: For some reason or another, I've never watched this film yet and I really should. I've seen picture stills, but other than that the only parts I've seen were those that were included in Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" video which I haven't seen in YEARS.
I dunno, I have had a HARD time getting into it. I always feel that it was worthy of a current adaption. I did like the anime re-interpretation that came out around 2002. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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superspaceboy said: TMPletz said: For some reason or another, I've never watched this film yet and I really should. I've seen picture stills, but other than that the only parts I've seen were those that were included in Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" video which I haven't seen in YEARS.
I dunno, I have had a HARD time getting into it. I always feel that it was worthy of a current adaption. I did like the anime re-interpretation that came out around 2002. Someone not going ape-shit about Metropolis?
 I have to agree. It's not high on my list of favorites. Visually it's interesting (German expressionism) but clunky and WAY too morally didactic. | |
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Genesia said: paisleypark4 said: I never seen it. i want to but I dont wanna watch a movie with no sound
That's crazy. Silent movies are great! And they all have musical accompaniment - it isn't a matter of no sound, at all. Some of my favorites: Wings (1927 - first film to win a Best Picture Oscar and Gary Cooper's first film. Also featured Clara Bow.) The Wind (1928 Saw this on the big screen with original Grand Barton accompaniment. Between the film and the music, most exhausting movie I've ever seen.) The Thief of Baghdad (1924 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. )
The Sheik (1921 Rudolph Valentino )
Blood and Sand (1922 Valentino again )
The Kid (1921 Charlie Chaplin) The Beloved Rogue (1927 John Barrymore )
Tempest (1928 John Barrymore) I could go on and on... I am a huge silent movie fan. I have to go out of town this weekend during the Silent Film Festival (my favorite film fest) 
My favorites are Greed Sherlock Jr The Scarlett Letter Nosferatu Strike! Safety Last Stagestruck Modern Times Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans The Passion of Joan of Arc Vampyr The Crowd Un Chien Andalu Meshes of the Afternoon Student Prince of Old Heidelberg | |
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