METROPOLIS is intact again!
Amazing news! http://uk.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUKL0344303820080703 A few years back when I interviewed the gentleman responsible for the restoration job on what was then the most complete...
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Saw it last night at the Avalon...what an experience. Wrote about it on the blog. Some aspects haven't aged well and seem comical today, but in many ways it's still relevant, esp. with its...
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And how is it presented? Or does the Avalon have a screen and projection capable of showing 1.20:1 or 1.33:1 without cutting off the top and bottom?
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Beats the shit out of me. Maybe you can get in touch with them and find out. The Avalon. They're a unique theater, run as a nonprofit. It was an old theater that had been part of a chain for years...
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Considering that I can't even make our booker understand ("It isn't Cinemascope and doesn't need pillar boxing") what I'm trying to find out or even what pillar boxing is, the Avalon might be a better...
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Monstros Amigos:The wondeful folks at Kino have now given us an OFFICIAL date for one of the greatest sci-fi films to ever hit celluloid. On Metropolis (1926) will be landing on store shelves...
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http://www.kino.com/metro...dbluray.html SPECIAL EDITIONSIn 1927 it went from 153-to-90 minutes. In 2001, a restoration brought it back to 124. Seven years later, an additional 25 minutes of lost...
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TCM is running the new cut on November 7th, followed by the new documentary, METROPOLIS FOUND.
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Mr. Hanke will preface the screening with a one minute pantomime version.
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TCM screened the restored print last night, followed by a documentary about it's restoration. It was quite obvious what came from the Buenos Aires print(very deep scratches and loss of sharpness) but...
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Seeing the footage was indeed remarkable. And the non- "rediscovered" footage was the best print I've yet to see. And I have many.many versions.
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Both the film and the documentary were both fascinating. When I was wee, I remember that in the old EC Mad comic books Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman often had a strange, tall, thin figure dressed in...
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>>in the old EC Mad comic books Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman often had a strange, tall, thin figure dressed in black they called The Rasp wandering along the periphery of their comic strip...
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Re. Harry Rasp, >>Watching him in the scenes in the taxi, though, with his leering smile & malevolent attitude, I couldn't help thinking, "What a Phantom of the Opera he would have been."...
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http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=1162to order your DVD $29.95 normally,now 20.97 direct from KinoBlu-Ray $39.95 now $29.96 direct from Kino
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We ran this from -- supposedly -- Blu-ray. It was a choice I made because I knew I could control the shape and get the proper aspect ratio. And it was absolutely gorgeous. Well, a couple nights ago...
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