“After examining the film the three experts are certain: The find from Buenos Aires is a real treasure, a worldwide sensation. Metropolis, the most important silent film in German history, can from this day on be considered to have been rediscovered.” Ave Maria! The original Ghost in the Machine has been found! Before this and this and this and this and this and just about anything else you can think of in the sci-fi department, there was Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, and it’s been rediscovered in an Argentine film vault. (Tour Lang’s city here.)
This unearthed original print is rumored to be 210 minutes long, a full hour and a half longer than any version seen since 1927. “Among the footage that has now been discovered…there are several scenes which are essential in order to understand the film: The role played by the actor Fritz Rasp in the film for instance, can finally be understood. Other scenes, such as for instance the saving of the children from the worker’s underworld, are considerably more dramatic. In brief: ‘Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s most famous film, can be seen through new eyes.’“
And before this.
And this, not that anyone saw it.
Whoa. That’s very cool. I always wonder how these things happen. _The Passion of Joan of Arc_ was lost for decades until a complete cut was found in a janitor’s closet in an Oslo mental institution. ??!! And John Cassavetes’ original cut of _Shadows_ was eventually recovered from the attic of someone who had bought it in a New York subway lost-and-found sale, hoping it was porn….
This is incredible news! I love that film…