Missing Scenes From Metropolis Found!! - Blu-ray Forum

Croweyes1121 · 07-02-2008, 09:21 PM

Anyone see this?!

http://www.thelocal.de/12847/

Apparently, all of the footage that was missing on the previous DVD release has at long last been uncovered! I hope that Kino will delay the release of Metropolis on Blu-ray long enough to reincorporate this footage. Thoughts?

Here's the pertinent section for those anti-clickers out there...

Lost scenes of 'Metropolis' discovered in Argentina

Lost scenes from German-Austrian director Fritz Lang's legendary silent film "Metropolis" have been discovered in Argentina, German weekly newspaper Die Zeit reported on Wednesday.

Paula Félix-Didier, head of film museum Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, discovered an uncut version of the 1927 science fiction film when she looked into reports that a tape in the archive was unusually long. She travelled to Berlin with a copy of the film and met with experts who say they are certain it is the missing original-length version of Lang's masterpiece that reveals key plot scenes and an expansion of minor roles, Die Zeit said ahead of the publication of its Thursday edition.

"The film's original rhythm will be re-established," Martin Koerber, the man responsible for the current restoration of the film, told the paper.

Head of Berlin film museum Deutsche Kinemathek told the paper it was a "sensational discovery."

In 1927, Fritz Lang presented the film in Berlin after producing it in the city's Babelsberg Studios. At that time it was the most expensive film ever produced in Germany, but it was not well received by its German audience. A radically shorter version was subsequently edited in the US, after which historians believed the original version to have been lost.

According to Die Zeit's reconstruction of events, Buenos Aires film distributor Adolfo Z. Wilson brought a copy of the original version to Argentina in 1928. Film critic Peña Rodríguez later attained the film, which he sold in the 1960's to Argentina's national art fund. In 1992 copy then went to the Museo del Cine - where discoverer Félix-Didier took leadership this January.

cathexist · 07-02-2008, 09:24 PM

Hope they delay as well

SS316SRV · 07-02-2008, 09:29 PM

I think the best story there though was the burgler who got arrested at a lingerie show. Or the guy who held the woman hostage at knife point for beer. Crazy Germans.

SquidPuppet · 07-02-2008, 09:31 PM

This is BIG....REALLY BIG. I hope the BD is pushed back as well, or, another release including this footage follows.

Double Dip for me? With both feet enthusiastically.

PowellPressburger · 07-02-2008, 09:51 PM

That would be cool to see the missing footage at the least... or maybe Kino could release both versions on the Blu Ray?

reginaroadie · 07-02-2008, 10:41 PM

I think given how monumental this is, I think that they will push the release date of METROPOLIS back so that they can fully incorporate the lost footage so that for the first time since it premiered in 1925 that we can see the FULL version of this film.

Now if they could search those vaults again for Orson Welles' original cut of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, then we'll REALLY be cooking.

Banjo · 07-02-2008, 11:17 PM

This is pretty awesome, and yes it's definitely big news. Hopefully Kino will push the release date of their upcoming Blu-ray edition and include this!

alexakajeff · 07-02-2008, 11:29 PM

Ehhh

Heart&Soul · 07-02-2008, 11:43 PM

They have to wait until they put the lost footage with it.

GGX · 07-03-2008, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexakajeff

Ehhh

Whats the problem?

EricJ · 07-03-2008, 02:17 AM

So, is this the whole "lost" extraneous subplot the earlier Kino version reproduced with stills, in which Joh's "Lurch" butler continues to stalk and psychologically torment the poor, fired office flunky, thus Allegorically Symbolizing the Corporate Oppression of the Proletariat?

(Or was there some either crucially essential footage lost?)

JadedRaverLA · 07-03-2008, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricJ

So, is this the whole "lost" extraneous subplot the earlier Kino version reproduced with stills, in which Joh's "Lurch" butler continues to stalk and psychologically torment the poor, fired office flunky, thus Allegorically Symbolizing the Corporate Oppression of the Proletariat?

(Or was there some either crucially essential footage lost?)

Nope. That's a significant portion of it I believe. What do you have against "Allegorically Symbolizing the Corporate Oppression of the Proletariat" anyway? What are you... a communist? Wait... that didn't make sense. Still, I will be very excited to see the original cut.

Quote:

Originally Posted by reginaroadie

Now if they could search those vaults again for Orson Welles' original cut of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, then we'll REALLY be cooking.

Can we get this lucky twice in one year??? While we're at it, check for the full 9 hour cut of "Greed." At 42 reels, it should be hard to miss.

fdm · 07-03-2008, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

Can we get this lucky twice in one year??? While we're at it, check for the full 9 hour cut of "Greed." At 42 reels, it should be hard to miss.

Personally I'd settle for any version of Greed at this point....

EricJ · 07-03-2008, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

Nope. That's a significant portion of it I believe. What do you have against "Allegorically Symbolizing the Corporate Oppression of the Proletariat" anyway? What are you... a communist? Wait... that didn't make sense. Still, I will be very excited to see the original cut.

Just sayin':
I know you think the female robot is cool, but at the end of the day, it's just a stupid prewar-Germany pro-labor union propaganda piece.
In pre-Nazi Berlin, that meant a lot more than that does now.

And why do I get so upset?

Because any minute now, some joker will say that Having the Big Real Thing with a Big Orchestra, 'N Stuff was better than the '84 Giorgio Moroder version, which had ten times more feeling by just stripping out the Teamster politics and turning it into a "love conquers all" Broadway musical.
Purists may howl, but I've tested the two back to back, and know whereof I speak.
(Sorry I can't go out and post Netflix links, since Moroder lost the indie rights years ago and the only known 80's VHS pressing will fetch $300 on eBay, but you'll either have to trust me on this or start whispering around for bootleg sources.)

Gamma_Winstead · 07-03-2008, 05:11 AM

was there a date for it yet anyway other than 2009?

sockmodel7 · 07-03-2008, 05:16 AM

I know it's the same film, but does Kino still own the rights to this lost footage? The only reason I ask is because different studios often release the same movie in the US and overseas. Not to mention situations where ownership is different for a theatrical and director's cut.

JadedRaverLA · 07-03-2008, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fdm

Personally I'd settle for any version of Greed at this point....

True enough. Someone has a laserdisc copy of the TCM 75th Anniversary remaster on Ebay right now. I'm debating it, but I keep thinking that a new release has to be coming in the next few years. But, I've been saying that for far too long.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricJ

Because any minute now, some joker will say that Having the Big Real Thing with a Big Orchestra, 'N Stuff was better than the '84 Giorgio Moroder version, which had ten times more feeling by just stripping out the Teamster politics and turning it into a "love conquers all" Broadway musical.
Purists may howl, but I've tested the two back to back, and know whereof I speak.

Oh, I've seen the Moroder version many years ago (a friend I knew spent quite a bit on an LD copy), and while it's certainly an interesting re-interpretation of the original material, it's not the same film. It's like watching The Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon... a cool experiment, but not to be confused with the original film.

But, hey, if you like it more, then more power to you.

Bill Hunt · 07-03-2008, 10:53 PM

We've just officially confirmed with Kino that the new special edition Blu-ray and DVD (due sometime in 2009) WILL include the newly-discovered footage. We've been getting hundreds of people asking about this via e-mail, so know you all know...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Best!

JadedRaverLA · 07-03-2008, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

We've just officially confirmed with Kino that the new special edition Blu-ray and DVD (due sometime in 2009) WILL include the newly-discovered footage. We've been getting hundreds of people asking about this via e-mail, so know you all know...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Best!

Best news since Toshiba gave up!!!... Well, best news since the Godfather announcement anyway.

Banjo · 07-04-2008, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

We've just officially confirmed with Kino that the new special edition Blu-ray and DVD (due sometime in 2009) WILL include the newly-discovered footage. We've been getting hundreds of people asking about this via e-mail, so know you all know...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Best!

Yahooooo! Now I have something to look forward to in 2009!

07-02-2008, 09:21 PM	#1
Croweyes1121 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Acworth, GA 4K collection:198 Blu-ray collection:548 DVD collection:113 Digital collection:373 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:32	Missing Scenes From Metropolis Found!! Anyone see this?! http://www.thelocal.de/12847/ Apparently, all of the footage that was missing on the previous DVD release has at long last been uncovered! I hope that Kino will delay the release of Metropolis on Blu-ray long enough to reincorporate this footage. Thoughts? Here's the pertinent section for those anti-clickers out there... Lost scenes of 'Metropolis' discovered in Argentina Lost scenes from German-Austrian director Fritz Lang's legendary silent film "Metropolis" have been discovered in Argentina, German weekly newspaper Die Zeit reported on Wednesday. Paula Félix-Didier, head of film museum Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, discovered an uncut version of the 1927 science fiction film when she looked into reports that a tape in the archive was unusually long. She travelled to Berlin with a copy of the film and met with experts who say they are certain it is the missing original-length version of Lang's masterpiece that reveals key plot scenes and an expansion of minor roles, Die Zeit said ahead of the publication of its Thursday edition. "The film's original rhythm will be re-established," Martin Koerber, the man responsible for the current restoration of the film, told the paper. Head of Berlin film museum Deutsche Kinemathek told the paper it was a "sensational discovery." In 1927, Fritz Lang presented the film in Berlin after producing it in the city's Babelsberg Studios. At that time it was the most expensive film ever produced in Germany, but it was not well received by its German audience. A radically shorter version was subsequently edited in the US, after which historians believed the original version to have been lost. According to Die Zeit's reconstruction of events, Buenos Aires film distributor Adolfo Z. Wilson brought a copy of the original version to Argentina in 1928. Film critic Peña Rodríguez later attained the film, which he sold in the 1960's to Argentina's national art fund. In 1992 copy then went to the Museo del Cine - where discoverer Félix-Didier took leadership this January. Last edited by Croweyes1121; 07-02-2008 at 09:43 PM.

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07-02-2008, 09:24 PM	#2
cathexist Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Aurora, CO 4K collection:302 Blu-ray collection:1253 DVD collection:73 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:8	Hope they delay as well

07-02-2008, 09:29 PM	#3
SS316SRV Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Appleton, WI Blu-ray collection:74	I think the best story there though was the burgler who got arrested at a lingerie show. Or the guy who held the woman hostage at knife point for beer. Crazy Germans.

07-02-2008, 09:31 PM	#4
SquidPuppet Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Club Loop Blu-ray collection:277 Blu-ray reviews:27	This is BIG....REALLY BIG. I hope the BD is pushed back as well, or, another release including this footage follows. Double Dip for me? With both feet enthusiastically.

07-02-2008, 09:51 PM	#5
PowellPressburger Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:DIFFERENT PLACES! Minneapolis 4K collection:991 Blu-ray collection:3676 DVD collection:359 Blu-ray reviews: 51 Trading Score:297	That would be cool to see the missing footage at the least... or maybe Kino could release both versions on the Blu Ray?

07-02-2008, 10:41 PM	#6
reginaroadie Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:172 Blu-ray collection:601 DVD collection:75	I think given how monumental this is, I think that they will push the release date of METROPOLIS back so that they can fully incorporate the lost footage so that for the first time since it premiered in 1925 that we can see the FULL version of this film. Now if they could search those vaults again for Orson Welles' original cut of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, then we'll REALLY be cooking.

07-02-2008, 11:17 PM	#7
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	This is pretty awesome, and yes it's definitely big news. Hopefully Kino will push the release date of their upcoming Blu-ray edition and include this!

07-02-2008, 11:29 PM	#8
alexakajeff Banned Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray reviews:2	Ehhh

07-02-2008, 11:43 PM	#9
Heart&Soul Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Oregon 4K collection:167 Blu-ray collection:725 Blu-ray reviews:50	They have to wait until they put the lost footage with it.

07-03-2008, 02:17 AM	#11
EricJ Banned Member since:Jul 2007 Location:The Paradise of New England Blu-ray collection:6	So, is this the whole "lost" extraneous subplot the earlier Kino version reproduced with stills, in which Joh's "Lurch" butler continues to stalk and psychologically torment the poor, fired office flunky, thus Allegorically Symbolizing the Corporate Oppression of the Proletariat? (Or was there some either crucially essential footage lost?)

07-03-2008, 05:11 AM	#15
Gamma_Winstead Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:U.S.G. Ishimura 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:764 Blu-ray reviews: 36 Trading Score:6	was there a date for it yet anyway other than 2009?

07-03-2008, 05:16 AM	#16
sockmodel7 Active Member Member since:Apr 2008	I know it's the same film, but does Kino still own the rights to this lost footage? The only reason I ask is because different studios often release the same movie in the US and overseas. Not to mention situations where ownership is different for a theatrical and director's cut.

07-03-2008, 10:53 PM	#18
Bill Hunt The Digital Bits Member since:Jan 2008	We've just officially confirmed with Kino that the new special edition Blu-ray and DVD (due sometime in 2009) WILL include the newly-discovered footage. We've been getting hundreds of people asking about this via e-mail, so know you all know... http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents Best!

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