Just finished watching the movie Metropolis from 1927

[Arcanetrance]

Great movie just sad that so much of it was lost or destroyed but glad they could put back what they could.

[AmyStrange]

1. Isn't it suppose to be one of the first sci fi films

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and despite the fact that it was a silent film, I found it was very well done, especially considering the underlying themes. Big business and how they treat the sheeple,

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[Arcanetrance]

6. It definitely captured the politics of the time well sadly alot of that can still be seen as a

Comment on today's world

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. I remember reading that it was complete again

I assume I saw a shortened version as I saw it several years ago. I don't know if this is accurate or not but I remember reading a couple of years ago that some film historian had found the missing footage in an archive and, while more grainy than the rest, this footage was being inserted in new showings as the complete original film. Metropolis is visually stunning.

[Arcanetrance]

5. It is and isn't there's a few places where they had to insert cue cards where a scene would have

been. Also some of the film that was recovered from Argentina was damaged so the aperture was off.

[olddots]

3. About 80 years ahead of it's time

every shot is a fine photograph because that's kind of what they did then figuring out how to plan a movie.

[Sherman A1]

4. Watched it in College for an English Comp Class

It was a combined film appreciation & Comp course that I really enjoyed.

The also had a free movie night each week, that was great for a cheap date.

[MrScorpio]

7. I've got a copy of the Thea von Harbou novel, illustrated by Michael Kaluta

Talk about cool!

[Arcanetrance]

8. That is cool I'd love to get my hands on a copy

[MrScorpio]

9. Mine is autographed by Kaluta himself

Yeah, baby!

[Arcanetrance]

10. How did you get your hands in that

[MrScorpio]

11. Well, I bought it at a comic book store when it was published in '88

A few years later, I carried it to the NYC Comic Con where he was an attendee and asked him to autograph it and a few other of his books that I had.

[Arcanetrance]

12. I really need to attend more cons

[BOG PERSON]

13. have you seen the version with the giorgio moroder soundtrack?

the music is good but it doesn't make sense w/ the movie

[sakabatou]

14. There's also the 2001 animated version

Try it out. I found it well done:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(anime)

[Arcanetrance]

15. I've never seen it in fact I didn't know it existed til now

[sakabatou]

16. Go rent it

It's by the same people that did Astro Boy.