Metropolis (Special Edition) (2-DVD)
Includes 25 minutes of lost footage, recently discovered and restored.
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Metropolis (Special Edition) (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 28 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 16, 2010
- Originally Released: 1927
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge & Alfred Abel | |
Directed by | Fritz Lang |
Entertainment Reviews:
The cinema, even here at its best, and full as it is of invention and thrill, is still only at the mental age of seventeen.
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The Spectator
Often enough it is exciting in a broad, elemental way, just as an earthquake or a loud clap of thunder would be exciting; but when individual characters come on to the screen they rouse little Interest for their own sakes.
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Sydney Morning Herald
...Hallucinatory -- A nightmare without the reassurance of a steadying story line. Few films have ever been more visually exhilarating...
Chicago Sun-Times
Fritz Lang's dystopian sci-fi epic remains a spectacle, boasting some exquisite set design.
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Trebuchet
For years audiences have wondered how good this film might have been had it not been edited. It turns out that it's better than anyone could ever have expected.
Independent (UK)
The film is set in a stunningly designed future city, created through a combination of ingenious special effects and gigantic sets...
New York Times
Rating: 5/5 --
Here is the starting-point of so much modern cinema.
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Independent (UK)
Product Description:
METROPOLIS, a visionary and elaborate spectacle by director Fritz Lang is an epic projection of a futuristic city divided into a working and an elite class. Its exhilarating climax brings the city to its knees, as the classes clash against each other.
In the 21st century, a de-humanized proletariat labors non-stop in a miserable subterranean city beneath a luxurious city of mile-high skyscrapers, flying automobiles, palatial architectural idylls, tubes and tunnels. With stunningly inventive special effects, Lang's allegorical narrative and architectural vision creates a highly stylized vision of a not-so-unlikely future (especially for 1926 when the film was made). As the elite frolic above the clouds, thousands of miserable workers toil night and day inside the belly of the gigantic machine that runs the entire city. Metropolis is controlled by a sinister authoritarian whose son, Freder, rejects his father's callous philosophy and attitude towards laborers. Meek though they are, the workers are encouraged by Maria, a wistful young woman who wills her comrades to embrace patience and silent strength. Upon discovering her influence upon the workers, a mad scientist kidnaps Maria and creates a robot in her image that will incite the workers to revolt. As Freder races against time to save Maria and curtail the damage done by her doppelganger robot, Metropolis is enveloped in chaos and the classes are brought together in a breathtaking and highly moralistic climax.
In the 21st century, a de-humanized proletariat labors non-stop in a miserable subterranean city beneath a luxurious city of mile-high skyscrapers, flying automobiles, palatial architectural idylls, tubes and tunnels. With stunningly inventive special effects, Lang's allegorical narrative and architectural vision creates a highly stylized vision of a not-so-unlikely future (especially for 1926 when the film was made). As the elite frolic above the clouds, thousands of miserable workers toil night and day inside the belly of the gigantic machine that runs the entire city. Metropolis is controlled by a sinister authoritarian whose son, Freder, rejects his father's callous philosophy and attitude towards laborers. Meek though they are, the workers are encouraged by Maria, a wistful young woman who wills her comrades to embrace patience and silent strength. Upon discovering her influence upon the workers, a mad scientist kidnaps Maria and creates a robot in her image that will incite the workers to revolt. As Freder races against time to save Maria and curtail the damage done by her doppelganger robot, Metropolis is enveloped in chaos and the classes are brought together in a breathtaking and highly moralistic climax.
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