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From: fishkin@ucbvax.UUCP (Ken Fishkin)
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Subject: Metropolis (non-spoiler)
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Date: Mon, 27-Aug-84 17:57:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 27 17:57:58 1984
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	The new version of "Metropolis" is a must-see, even if you've
seen the original.
	When you go, remember that this movies was made in the middle 1920's,
and watch sets, special effects, cinematography, and camera angles decades
ahead of their time. (There is a little of the 1920's hysterical over-reaction
to events, though).
	If you've seen some version of the original, this is still worth
seeing; the U.S. version was heavily chopped, and this remake is quite
complete.
	The additions of Giorgio Moroder are mediocre:
    1) The limited coloring seems an awkward waste
    2) the background music is fine,
    3) the songs-with-lyrics are forgettable and inadequate.

One last note: if you are thinking of seeing the movie, *DO NOT*
see the video for the Bonnie Tyler song, "here she comes".
The video is a *massive* spoiler, giving away virtually the entire plot of the movie.

    Simply a magnificent film. Still ****, despite a generally inadequate
job of modernization.
-- 
		Ken Fishkin		Berkeley Computer Graphics Lab
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