Comments on: Eureka, we’ve got it! The longest version of Metropolis to date and other Lang stories… http://jaspersharp.com/blog/news/2010/07/metropolis/ writer & film curator Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:19:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Coffin Jon http://jaspersharp.com/blog/news/2010/07/metropolis/comment-page-1/#comment-2494 Coffin Jon Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:31:28 +0000 http://jaspersharp.com/blog/?p=428#comment-2494 Metropolis is playing here in San Francisco next Friday. Excited to see it. Metropolis is playing here in San Francisco next Friday. Excited to see it.

]]> By: Jasper http://jaspersharp.com/blog/news/2010/07/metropolis/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 Jasper Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:15:15 +0000 http://jaspersharp.com/blog/?p=428#comment-2492 Woman in the Moon is great. I really want to go and explore the other films like Spione too, and I've never seen Die Nibelungen (1924) either. I've not seen enough of the Shanghai films from this period to really pass comment, but I will definitely stand by my comment that "during the silent era no studio ever bridged the gap between art and commerce as successfully as the Berlin-based UFA" - just think of the scale of films like Metropolis and Die Nibelungen. I don't know, I just love the German aesthetic from this time, even the films of Leni Riefenstahl. They're just so powerful and atmospheric. Woman in the Moon is great. I really want to go and explore the other films like Spione too, and I’ve never seen Die Nibelungen (1924) either.
I’ve not seen enough of the Shanghai films from this period to really pass comment, but I will definitely stand by my comment that “during the silent era no studio ever bridged the gap between art and commerce as successfully as the Berlin-based UFA” – just think of the scale of films like Metropolis and Die Nibelungen. I don’t know, I just love the German aesthetic from this time, even the films of Leni Riefenstahl. They’re just so powerful and atmospheric.

]]> By: Dean Bowman http://jaspersharp.com/blog/news/2010/07/metropolis/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 Dean Bowman Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:40:58 +0000 http://jaspersharp.com/blog/?p=428#comment-2487 Good to see they've found the majority of the extra footage now. The version Eureka released before was the most complete at the time but still had a lot of intertitles explaining entire scenes that were no longer there. Woman in the Moon looks great too, will have to check it out. I'd personally say the Shanghai film industry (from what i've seen) possibly edged it over Germany though. Good to see they’ve found the majority of the extra footage now. The version Eureka released before was the most complete at the time but still had a lot of intertitles explaining entire scenes that were no longer there. Woman in the Moon looks great too, will have to check it out.

I’d personally say the Shanghai film industry (from what i’ve seen) possibly edged it over Germany though.

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