More from the movie corner of Graziella: Metropolis
This week’s film takes us even further in that wondrous land of the past: we watch a silent film made by the same director as last week. Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is such an enduring mega-spectacle that no words can describe it. The studio that made it nearly went bankrupt to finance Metropolis‘s futuristic special effects that would have an impact on all urban dystopian movies to come. Possibly the first cult film ever, Metropolis comes on Kanopy in two versions, the 149 min. cut closer to the original and the 84 min. reconstruction by Giorgio Moroder who added color tinting and songs by contemporary pop stars. Needless to say we recommend the former version, but in the age of YouTube and cell phone editing the second may be instructive as well. Watch both…. if you can.
Watch Metropolis on Kanopy here.
Watch the Giorgio Moroder version here.
