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twentymooseman

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Metropolis is easily among one of the greatest films ever made. I first watched this movie in a film history class and was hooked from the very start of the film. Metropolis has a sort of undeniable and hypnotic charm that is difficult to achieve...
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Metropolis is easily among one of the greatest films ever made. I first watched this movie in a film history class and was hooked from the very start of the film. Metropolis has a sort of undeniable and hypnotic charm that is difficult to achieve in any film. even in black and white, the amazing sets are beautiful; you can almost imagine the color of the already lush and lively sets. If you want to see a significant film that also entertains, you need to see metropolis.

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Posted nov 29, 2008 1:41 pm pt

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During the late 1920's a young vieninan painter by the name of Fritz Lang was hired by german film studio UFA to make a movie adaptation of the magazine novella, metropolis. Langs wife wrote the script and production began. Tall, sets of godlike...
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During the late 1920's a young vieninan painter by the name of Fritz Lang was hired by german film studio UFA to make a movie adaptation of the magazine novella, metropolis. Langs wife wrote the script and production began. Tall, sets of godlike proportions were built, thousands of extras were hired, a working elevator was built. Never again would so much care and planning be put into art direction. The film cost two million to make and nearly bankrupted the studio. Against Lang's wishs the film was cut from two hours to about 95 minutes for international release and new title cards were put in place. The missing footage was for ever lost. Until only recently a restoration was carried out to restore the original negative and put the original title cards in to tell the whole story. Metropolis is the last and greatest film of the german exoressionist movement and maybe the greatest of all silent movies.

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Posted apr 3, 2008 1:05 am pt

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Great influential film. I have never seen a silent movie, and I am glad that the first one I saw was one movie worth watching. The plot in this movie is suculent, and I think that the whole storyline is awesome. One of the classic of cinemas, one...
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Great influential film. I have never seen a silent movie, and I am glad that the first one I saw was one movie worth watching. The plot in this movie is suculent, and I think that the whole storyline is awesome. One of the classic of cinemas, one of the greatest movies ever!

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