Kino's Restored Authorized Edition of Metropolis is undoubtedly the most superb restoration of a film ever executed. However, as of July 1st, 2008, this is no longer the most complete version of the film available. Metropolis was originally a 210 minute film which was mercilessly chopped down to an overly simplified 80 minutes. Archivists across Europe worked tirelessly to restore Metropolis to the best of their ability, producing this 124 minute version as a result -- the longest version of Metropolis t..
** 1/17/12 NOTE: **Amazon has recently moved all the reviews of the Blu-ray "The Complete Metropolis" to its own product page (finally). My Blu-ray review below was written while the Blu-ray and the old DVD still shared the same page. I'm leaving the review as is for now. But if you want to order the Blu-ray "The Complete Metropolis", be sure to go to its own separate product page.**EDIT 12/9/10: ADDED REVIEW OF 2010 KINO BLU-RAY**Released in 1927, amid the golden age of the silent film era, Fritz Lang's..
Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS was very successful with both critics and audiences when it debuted in 1927 Berlin--but it was thereafter edited for distribution by Channing Pollock, who disliked it and removed great chunks of the film and substantially altered the storyline. The resulting film was admired for its visual style, but it proved a critical and box office disappointment. Neglected in the wake of sound, surviving prints of the film were left to corrode and decay--and when it began to reach the home mar..
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