More on Metropolis (and another favorite has a new DVD release)
The great German restoration company -- named for F.W. Murnau of Nosferatu and Sunrise fame -- issues a press release. Most of it has been covered in other reports, but it's nice to see them come forward with the news as well, since they'll be in charge of the restoration, as they were with the last "definitive" version.
http://www.murnau-stiftung.de/pdf/metropolis_pressemitteilung_englisch.pdf
German publication Zeit has exclusive photos from the lost footage: http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/bg-metropolis-en
I've found dozens of articles online now, but most are fairly repetitive. Haven't found any reports from the Buenos Aires news conference or special showing or whatever it is, so if anyone hears anything, post the link here. Thanks. Movie buffs just seem to be in a state of shock. It's not every day that you find lost footage to a movie, particularly a movie classic and especially not after 80 years. (Would everyone please check their attics and basements for canisters marked LOST FOOTAGE -- ERICH VON STROHEIM'S GREED? LOL)
Now the LAST thing I need to read is that Hollywood has its' fairly unoriginal eyes on it. STAY AWAY! I do NOT want to read that some hack director or producer wants to do a remake...or CGI it up for today's audiences. Yeah George! I'm talking to you! Don't make me sic the South Park kids on you!!!
For fans of Universal horror movies, one of my all-time favorites hits DVD (again) in a two-disc release which probably is to coincide with the new Mummy sequel this summer: http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=D54423. Elements of the original actually showed up in the 1999 "remake.") The Great Karloff. I became a fan of his the first time I heard my grandmother tell me of how women in the audience fainted in fear when the Monster first appears in Frankenstein (remember that was like 1931). I didn't see the movie for years afterward though, but putting myself in their place, I can see why. (Same as when King Kong shoves his way through the forests to arrive at the sacrificial Fay Wray). But if The Bride of Frankenstein is my favorite horror movie ever and my all-time favorite Karloff flick, then The Mummy runs a very close second. Kudos for seeing it in a new DVD edition -- this one will be joining my DVD collection for sure!
It's pouring down rain...and I'm in Movie Buff Heaven!
http://www.murnau-stiftung.de/pdf/metropolis_pressemitteilung_englisch.pdf
German publication Zeit has exclusive photos from the lost footage: http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/bg-metropolis-en
I've found dozens of articles online now, but most are fairly repetitive. Haven't found any reports from the Buenos Aires news conference or special showing or whatever it is, so if anyone hears anything, post the link here. Thanks. Movie buffs just seem to be in a state of shock. It's not every day that you find lost footage to a movie, particularly a movie classic and especially not after 80 years. (Would everyone please check their attics and basements for canisters marked LOST FOOTAGE -- ERICH VON STROHEIM'S GREED? LOL)
Now the LAST thing I need to read is that Hollywood has its' fairly unoriginal eyes on it. STAY AWAY! I do NOT want to read that some hack director or producer wants to do a remake...or CGI it up for today's audiences. Yeah George! I'm talking to you! Don't make me sic the South Park kids on you!!!
For fans of Universal horror movies, one of my all-time favorites hits DVD (again) in a two-disc release which probably is to coincide with the new Mummy sequel this summer: http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=D54423. Elements of the original actually showed up in the 1999 "remake.") The Great Karloff. I became a fan of his the first time I heard my grandmother tell me of how women in the audience fainted in fear when the Monster first appears in Frankenstein (remember that was like 1931). I didn't see the movie for years afterward though, but putting myself in their place, I can see why. (Same as when King Kong shoves his way through the forests to arrive at the sacrificial Fay Wray). But if The Bride of Frankenstein is my favorite horror movie ever and my all-time favorite Karloff flick, then The Mummy runs a very close second. Kudos for seeing it in a new DVD edition -- this one will be joining my DVD collection for sure!
It's pouring down rain...and I'm in Movie Buff Heaven!