Fritz Lang's "Metropolis"...

[kpodolski]

Got my BD copy of the restored Metropolis. Wow! Simply awesome. The film has been restored to the most complete lenght to date with the footage from South America found a few years ago. The footage from South America was a tranfer to 16mm and a little beat up so the quality is not as good as the rest of the film. The added footage flushes out some of the more obscure story lines that were excised form the North american cut; notably "the Thin Man". But, from a historical point of view, anything is better than nothing.

This title belongs in every movie buffs library......

[Bob]

Great movie. I will look for the BD copy.

[Chris D]

Very cool. I was blown away by this movie when I made a blind purchase of it on DVD. I was doing research on the influences of The Matrix at the time. As an overall movie I thought it was so-so, actually, and if I were to go see it in the theaters today, I'd pass. But I was absolutely ASTOUNDED that somebody at that point in the history of film, wayyyyyyy back, had the ingenuity to come up with such an "out there" story, FAR beyond anything of the time. I give the dude mega kudos.

I might check out the BD, if you say there's new footage.

[George Bellefontaine]

Yeah it was definitely ahead of its time. I'll be watching for the BD.