Fritz Lang’s original vision for Metropolis started to fade almost from the moment its première ended. A financial disaster upon its German release, it was pulled from theaters and shortened. The ...
A few months ago, we brought you word that a full restored version of Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis would actually be hitting theaters this summer before arriving on glorious Blu-Ray ...
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. The tense balance of these two ...
The new version will launch in the US on April 25 at Grauman’s Chinese as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, followed by major markets including New York (May 7) and LA (May 14). The DVD/Blu-Ray ...
The Complete Metropolis Movie Trailer has premiered. The Complete Metropolis is directed by Fritz Lang and stars Alfred Abe, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, and Brigitte Helm. The ...
It may have taken a while, but at long last the 2010 restoration of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS–the most influential of all silent films–will get a theatrical showing in Central Florida this Saturday, ...
The “Complete” edit of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was shown as a precursor event to the upcoming Buffalo International Film Festival. And why shouldn’t we have our own film festival? Thomas Edison’s ...
A complete version of Fritz Lang’s silent film classic Metropolis was discovered in Argentina in June. Long believed lost in its complete form, the 1927 masterpiece has until now only been available ...
Even if you’ve seen Fritz Lang’s masterwork “Metropolis,” you actually haven’t. Drastically cut down from 153 minutes after its 1927 premiere, it has been restored and rebuilt over the years but never ...
One item not on our list of weekly Blu-ray releases is the much anticipated The Complete Metropolis, which Blu-ray.com informs has been delayed due to region coding issues. Interestingly, the pushback ...
Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis,” surely one of the most intensely studied and widely imitated films of the silent era, grows more complex and mysterious as time goes on. This is partly because the movie has ...
The good news is that the 25 minutes of newly found footage bring Metropolis up to 148 minutes, as close as we’re likely to get to Fritz Lang’s original 153-minute cut. The bad news is that the new ...