Although I didn't actually make it through Metropolis the first time I tried (the score had a similar effect on me as the one in Erasorhead...), and am in no way purporting to be any kind of film afficionado, the fact that new scenes from this classic silent movie have surfaced (mysteriously in Buenos Aires no less...) does rather excite me. Metropolis has a mystique attached to it that involves much more than the actual movie. It is a product of a very specific time and place (1927 Berlin - during the relatively stable period of Weimar Germany), and is heavy with themes of class struggle and (my personal favourites) amazing futuristic feats of engineering, industry, and fashion! This restored and now 30 minute longer version is going to be screened for the first time (since its premier 83 years ago) in its 'spiritual' home of Berlin, accompanied by a 12 piece orchestra playing the original score. It's a shame I'm not getting into town until July... I somehow doubt it will be popular enough to sustain its release...
I read about this in Der Spiegel (and stole their pictures)
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