Metropolis (1927) | |
| Director(s) | Fritz Lang |
| Producer(s) | Giorgio Moroder, Erich Pommer |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction |
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Metropolis (1927) was a Drama - Science Fiction Film directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Erich Pommer and Giorgio Moroder.
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METROPOLIS And The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
By Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 20, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogThe spectacular German silent epic METROPOLIS is one of my favorite films of all time. I've been mesmerized and entranced by it since I first saw it as a young teenager. Seeing METROPOLIS at any time, under any circumstances, is a great experience. But seeing the restored version in a theatrical ven... Read full article
reblog: Stream 48 Classic & Contemporary German Films Free Online: From Fritz Lang?s Metropolis to Margarethe von Trotta?s Hannah Arendt
By John Grant on Dec 5, 2018 From NoirishThe site Open Culture makes a practice of giving leads to bits of free culture around the intertubes. Their latest caught my eye. If you?re reading this, there?s a good chance you?ve seen the German Expressionist classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. As soon as Robert Weine?s 1920 film came out, it w... Read full article
Voyage to Metropolis, 2010, a robust, thrilling and mysterious journey! (4)
By C. S. Williams on Jan 19, 2014 From Classic Film AficionadosIf you have yet to purchase “The Complete Metropolis” then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on?Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise nach Metropolis... Read full article
Voyage to Metropolis, 2010, a robust, thrilling and mysterious journey! (3)
By C. S. Williams on Jan 19, 2014 From Classic Film AficionadosOriginally posted on Classic Film Aficionados: If you have yet to purchase ?The Complete Metropolis? then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on?Voyage to Me... Read full article
Voyage to Metropolis, 2010, a robust, thrilling and mysterious journey!
By C. S. Williams on Jan 19, 2014 From Classic Film AficionadosClassic Film Aficionados If you have yet to purchase ?The Complete Metropolis? then you lack a serious part of cinematic history. This Blu-ray disc will captivate and fan the flames of love of film for you. But today I put aside Metropolis itself and concentrate on?Voyage to Metropolis. Die Reise n... Read full article
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In Oct of 1984 the world premiere of Digital sound in a motion picture theatre took place, using Moroder's digitally recorded version of Metropolis. Orchestrated by John Allen of High Performance Stereo, the event took place in the Magestic Century Plaza Theatre in Los Angeles and was an invitation only event consisting of a few hundred sound professional in the industry. Since the technology of placing Digital sound on film did not exist at the time, the 5 track discrete audio was recorded on an Industrial Sony 3324 digital tape recorder and synced with the picture. The sound system used to present this historic event was John Allen's HPS-4000 system and had the acoustic power equal to 10 Symphony Orchestras.
When Rotwang shows Fredersen the robot, it is Brigitte Helm, not a stunt performer, inside the robot costume.
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