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From: randy@uw-june (William Randy Day)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Metropolis: a 1926 film with 1984 music. (Non-spoiler)
Message-ID: <1819@uw-june>
Date: Sun, 30-Sep-84 15:51:19 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 30 15:51:19 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 03:23:08 EDT
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I just saw Metropolis last night and loved it. I'd gladly pay to see again,
which is rare for me. Metropolis is a 1926 silent film by
Fritz Lang which has been touched-up: hand tinting some frames,
redoing some frames that were lost, etc. The score is a new 1984
version featuring people like Pat Benatar, Bonnie Taylor, Loverboy,
and a fair amount of music written just to fit the movie. Most of
the time I like the new score, but 2 or 3 times I felt that it was out
of place.

However the best part of the movie was its visual quality. In particular,
the female lead (somebody Helm) is fantastic!!! I also loved the
odd robot-mixed-with-rythm quality of the workers tending the machines.

Summary: Great.

Randy Day.
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