Asgardian
12 Jan 2009, 05:53
Was just doing some reading on the IMDB site, and found some exciting news, especially for those who love the movie, "Metropolis", and generally silent films
"For decades, all that survived of "Metropolis" were an incomplete original negative and copies of shortened, re-edited release prints; over a quarter of the film was believed lost. However, in July 2008 Germany's 'ZEITmagazin' reported the discovery of a copy of the original, full-length print which had been sent to Argentina in 1928. Examining the reels in Buenos Aires, cinema experts realised that they contained the missing sequences (predominantly those involving the Thin Man who spies on Freder, and worker 11811 in Yoshiwara). Additionally, in October 2008 it was announced that another (hopefully) early copy in the obsolete 9.5mm format had been held in the University of Chile's film library, intentionally mislabelled to avoid destruction during 1973's military coup. It is as yet unknown if this holds any further viewable footage. After almost 80 years, the film is now hoped to be complete."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
"For decades, all that survived of "Metropolis" were an incomplete original negative and copies of shortened, re-edited release prints; over a quarter of the film was believed lost. However, in July 2008 Germany's 'ZEITmagazin' reported the discovery of a copy of the original, full-length print which had been sent to Argentina in 1928. Examining the reels in Buenos Aires, cinema experts realised that they contained the missing sequences (predominantly those involving the Thin Man who spies on Freder, and worker 11811 in Yoshiwara). Additionally, in October 2008 it was announced that another (hopefully) early copy in the obsolete 9.5mm format had been held in the University of Chile's film library, intentionally mislabelled to avoid destruction during 1973's military coup. It is as yet unknown if this holds any further viewable footage. After almost 80 years, the film is now hoped to be complete."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/