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by Rob Gillaspie
July 4, 2008 at 7 p.m.
On Your Day Of Independence...
Happy Fourth! Here's some news to help you through this most patriotic of weekends:[Jesse Helms is finally dead.][1] [Magic mushrooms are good for you.][2] [Utility workers trained as Stasi-style terror informants in Denver.][3] [9-11 "Hero Dog" to be cloned in South Korea.][4]Most impossible news of the week: a complete print of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" has been discovered in Argentina. The current "restored" version (available on DVD from Kino) has long been considered to be the definitive edition of the film, as any excised scenes were assumed to be lost forever. With the discovery of this missing footage, fragmented subplots will be restored, artistic rhythm will be re-established, and the full scope of this visionary work can finally be viewed as a complete, unblemished whole.[
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][8] [1]: http://www.alternet.org/rights/90460/?ses=3c94cd9934f8323cab3b762aeafd5776 [2]: http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/S/SCI_PSYCHEDELIC_STUDY?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-07-01-08-59-17 [3]: http://www.infowars.com/?p=3051 [4]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2231765/911-hero-dog-'to-be-cloned'.html [5]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaryman..." title="metroprun by scary_manilow, on Flickr [6]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaryman..." title="metropolis3b by scary_manilow, on Flickr [7]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaryman..." title="metropolis2 by scary_manilow, on Flickr [8]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaryman..." title="metropolis1 by scary_manilow, on Flickr
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adriisdum (Adri Pendergrass) says…
shut the fudge up. let me know when you have it, cause i haven't seen that movie in a dog's age. new scenes (licks chops).
Shelby (anonymous) says…
Those first couple of images from Metropolis look kind of like Francis Bacon paintings or something.I remember seeing it but I wasn't totally into it at the time. I don't remember much about it. Wonder how long it'll be until a complete version comes out.
scary_manilow (anonymous) says…
They've alreadt begun the restoraition process, so I imagine the first public screenings will be held next year, and a DVD will follow a year after that. But that's just pure hopeful speculation on my part.
mtoplikar (Matt Toplikar) says…
Coolness. I always thought that film was pretty amazing when you think about the technology of the time (not to mention the fact that the art of film making itself was still so new). It'll be interesting to see what these new scenes bring to the flick.
monkeywrench (Tim vonHolten) says…
the only version of metropolis i've ever seen featured a score by queen and bonnie tyler. believe it or not, it sucked.