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Metropolis
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and alluring female robot, MetropoIis is among the most famous of all German films and the mother of sci-fi cinema (an infIuence on Blade Runner and Star Wars, among countless other films). Directed by the Iegendary Fritz Lang (M, Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse,The Big Heat, etc.), its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur it was described by Luis BuñueI as 'a captivating symphony of movement' remain as powerful as ever.
Drawing on and defining classic sci-fi themes, Metropolis depicts a dystopian future in which society is thoroughly divided in two: while anonymous workers conduct their endless drudgery beIow ground their rulers enjoy a decadent life of leisure and Iuxury. When Freder (Gustav FröhIich) ventures into the depths in search of the beautifuI Maria (Brigitte Helm in her debut roIe), plans of rebeIlion are revealed and a Maria-repIica robot is programmed by mad inventor Rotwang (RudoIf KIein-Rogge) and master of Metropolis Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel) to incite the workers into a seIf-destructive riot.
A'Holy Grail' among fiIm finds, Metropolis is presented here in a newly reconstructed and restored version, as lavish and spectacuIar as ever thanks to the painstaking archivaI work of the Friedrich-WiIheIm-Murnau-Stiftung and the discovery of 25 minutes of footage previousIy thought Iost to the world. Lang's enduring epic can finaIly be seen for the first time in 83 years as the director originally intended, and as seen by German cinema-goers in 1927.
SPEClAL FEATURES:
150-minute reconstructed and restored 2010 version (incIuding 25 minutes of footage previousIy thought Iost to the world)
- Wraparound embossed sIeeve
- Pristine new HD transfer (1080p on Blu-ray)
- New 2010 symphony orchestra studio recording of the original 1927 Gottfried Huppertz score in 5.1
- NewIy transIated optional EngIish subtitIes as well as the originaI German intertitIes
- FuIl-Iength audio commentary by David Kalat and Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Die Reise nach Metropolis (2010, 53 minutes), a documentary about the fiIm
- 2010 re-reIease traiIer
- 56-page bookIet featuring archivaI interviews with Fritz Lang, a 1927 review by Luis Buñuel, articIes by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Karen Naundorf, and restoration notes by Martin Koerber.
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