I stumbled across the digital remake of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis on the Internet tonight. The originally re-assembled movie is one of my all-time favorites and I had no idea it had been digitally remade with the original score.
Metropolis is not for mass media entertainment. It’s silent, overacted and not a relaxing film. However, anyone who likes science fiction must see this movie to learn where the entire SF film industry came from. A movie from 1926 with 25,000 extras is something to see! Read Roger Ebert’s review for lots of detail.
If you do watch this, remember, Fritz was inventing the visualization of science fiction in film with no previous work to build on. Looking at the city scenes, you can see where Blade Runner and Dark City came from. Guess this is something to move to the top of the Netflix queue!
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