METROPOLIS

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Originally Posted by Patrick

Lang himself is known to have hated the ending and wanted to reshoot it. However a couple of blokes called Hitler and Goebbels saw that version in some small town cinema and loved it. They then asked Lang to make some nazi propaganda movies for them on the strength of that. At that point Lang up and left for Hollywood.

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Mental!

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Originally Posted by Patrick

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Originally Posted by BritishMurderBoy

patrick, so that DVD you have had the full Lang version how he intended it to be viewed? i find that hard to believe....

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No mate, that's not what I meant. That's why I put "(which no longer exists so it's hard to verify these claims)" after their claim, cos like yourself I doubt it's true. I just read on some website before I bought it that the Kino International release contains all the footage of the original Lang 1927 release, plus some previously deleted scenes. However as all copies of the original have been lost and we've only got other edits, copies and hearsay to go on I totally agree with you and find it hard to believe that this is in fact the Lang version. It's the kind of flannel they're bound to say when releasing another version, isn't it ? "This is the definitive, never before seen version as originally intended by Fritz Lang yada yada yada". I'd suspect it's total bollox. But it's still a great version.

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:lol: :lol: An interesting, well made point, Dan. :lol: :lol: :P

bloody computer!!!! :twisted:

what i ment to ad was

i understand now.. my version is very up it's own arse about how acurate it is to the original.. to be honest i dont think anyone will ever know now how it was ment to be seen.. but it adds a great deal of intrigue to the film dont you think??

i think it would be interesting to see a modern silent adaptation of the film with a contemporary sound track.. i think the messages the film is trying to put across about civil disorder, worker rights and capitalism in general are very thought provoking...

just for those of you that care: the film had a cast of over 37,000 people the largest ever in the film industry and cost $2 million to make in 1926..

i you apply as base rate of inflation @ 2.5% and multiply this by 80 years the film would have cost $400000000 by todays prices making it the most expensive film ever made (even more than that crap film waterworld that kevin kostner was in) :shock:

o.k.
i'm on the case.
let's try to get the best version we can agree on
and set it to j.mills' music!
i think we should organise a forum viewing once it's done.


actually....


maybe not

forum viewing - yeah wow.

can you imagine us all sat there viewing this shit..

i'd love that!

haha

i personally couldnt think of anything worse than watchin a silent film thats been backed with some abstract nonsense from jeff mills.

at the beggining of the film where all the workers are going in unison and everything is all mechanical. The workers make the city tock niceley over.

I think this film inspired hitler to start wars!!!!

also go onto the axis web site. look at the movies, and download the metropolis movie and mills has cut up snippets of the film and put music to it. Just a taster for u lot that havnt seen any of it.

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Originally Posted by MARK EG

can you imagine us all sat there viewing this shit..

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you honestly believe both the film and the lp are shit mark?

Mills did a screening of it down here in Sydney a few (2 or 3 maybe?) years ago with his sound track... works well me thinx...

I for 1 really like the soundscape and atmosphere mills creates... but for that I have 2 turn off the dj in me.. this is a different thing not a dance floor... I don't know if it is the way 2 the future of music and all that Boll***.. I like it and could have in the backgound at home...

I think it suits the film well

MHO,

Z