Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!mhuxl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!LFeinberg.es@XEROX.ARPA From: LFeinberg.es@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Review on Metropolis Message-ID: <13153@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Sep-84 15:41:42 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13153 Posted: Tue Sep 4 15:41:42 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 21:02:54 EDT Lines: 17 "My husband took me to see a German movie (made sometime in the 1920's) called Metropolis." Please do not mistake the current release of "Metropolis" for the real movie "Metropolis". Although all of the footage in it is from the authentic silent original, a great deal was chopped out, and the dialogue changed. In some cases, the dialogue was actually reversed -- "Yes" for "No", "Close the gates" for "Open the Gates", etc. While the current release may present or even enhance the striking (purely black-and white) visual effect, it is NOT thematically or politically equivalent to the original. lawrence -- a Fritz Lang fan p.s. Although much more was cut out, it is true that some missing scenes were restored relative to the standard American release.