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NEWLY UPDATED!! Today's Premiere Of The METROPOLIS Restoration!! Is This A Live Feed??
Merrick again, again...
Below you'll find an embed featuring a countdown to a "live feed" from the impending METROPOLIS premiere.
In researching this matter over the last few days, I've noticed that such "feeds"/embeds tend to spool-up as if they're gonna work...and even serve you commercials and display ads leading into the program they're about to show...before aborting the feed with a message saying something to the effect of: "Live Feed is not available in your country." I'm presuming this is because they don't have broadcast rights/streaming rights into North America.
As such, I fully expect this stream to belly-up right about the time METROPOLIS is set to unfold - so don't get your hopes up too high. But, just in case some sort of miracle awaits, here it is...
The above embed originates HERE.
I'd like to offer a big shout-out to Richard for pointing us towards this, and express my gratitude once more to all our readers...particularly our overseas audience...who wrote in about the METROPOLIS premiere throughout the week. You've all been great.
Merrick again...
Roger Ebert has posted two links through which ARTE TV's coverage of tomorrow's METROPOLIS premiere...coverage that will include an airing of the restored movie itself (as referenced below)...will supposedly be streamed & viewable in North America.
You can find said links through THIS PAGE on his very fine blog.
It should be noted that we've received close to 100 e-mails regarding whether or not the restored METROPOLIS will be streamed over The Net in a way that'll be viewable in North America tomorrow - none of our overseas readers could find any indication that Friday's event/premiere broadcast would actually be available to folks here in The States (with the exception of the recording services and other means referenced below). But, with several countries and at least two languages involved in covering this, there's certainly a margin for error.
That said, I'm desperately, excitedly hoping that Roger's people are 100% right about this...because I want all of us to be able to see this movie tomorrow. The unveiling of this restored version is truly a remarkable moment in the histories of both science fiction & cinema in general, and being a part of it...even in such a remote manner...would truly be unforgettable.
So, check the link to Roger's blog (above) and...if you have the time or freedom to do so tomorrow...tune in at the specified times to see what happens. Here's hoping we'll be rewarded. Best of luck...!
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Merrick here...
A few days ago I posted a call for details about tomorrow's premiere of the restored METROPOLIS (HERE).
First off, I wanted to thank everyone who took the time to send in information about the event - we really appreciate your time, effort, translation, and feedback. All were enormously insightful.
In short, it appears initial reports of being able to see the METROPOLIS restoration via an internet stream are not entirely accurate - they're probably an understandable confusion rising from two factors: the event will be piped to audiences outside of a theater where the new version is debuting, and an an artsy television station will broadcast the restored METROPOLIS - in HD no less!!! - at the same time it is being premiered. Details on this TV broadcast can be found below.
This leaves precious few options for American enthusiasts :
1) Wait until the restoration hits DVD & Blu-Ray later this year...
2) Find someone who can record the program for you overseas...
3) There are a few online services which might enable you to snag the broadcast if you happen to live in the right place, or can manage to sludge your way through the process - THIS PLACE, for example.
Below, you'll find a sampling of the messages we received that'll tell you quite a bit about tomorrow's premiere. Perhaps this will help you to find a way to see it for yourself?
This reader prefers to remain anonymous, but his information is interesting:
The film will be premieres simultaneoulsy in premieres in Berlin and Frnakfurt. Both will be accompanied by full orchestras playing the original score. The film will also be shown at the same time on a big screen at Berlin;s famous Brandenburg Gate. But most interestingly for everyone, the film will also be broadcast across Germany (simultaneously) in full HD on Germany's ARTE-HD channgel. The audio will be the live streaming of the Berlin orchestra. Pretty cool, huh? It's a huge event in Germany this Friday.
As for the restored film. It is probably as close as we'll ever get to the full three and a half hour version that premiered in Berlin in 1927. The print found in Argentina has supplied more than 30 minutes that were butchered by the studio more than 80 years ago and were thought lost up to now. A few seconds are still missing because a scene that was on the end of one of the reels was too badly damaged to restore. But other than that, it is complete and on Friday we'll be the first people to see it since that audience filed into the special metal-clad building in Berlin in 1927 for the premiere.
Andrew says...
Anyway, as you wrote , this Friday 12. Feb the German/French Channel "ARTE" is showing the restored Metropolis live from 20:15. This is in itself cool, but via Satalite the Channel ARTE is also broadcast is HD! Aint that cool :). This is a free channel so anyone able to "tune in" can do.
The Satellite that you need to tune into is the Astra Satellite over here in Europe.
Tobi sent in the following:
Seems there is no direct stream planned for Metropolis, but the new restored Version is shown on german/ french TV-Station arté simultaniosly to the screenings, wich means 20:40 CET. And here comes the good News. arté can be viewed online via the streaming plattform PlayTV will allow viewers to see an ARTE feed, but it won't show it ot folks in the U.S. Again, maybe it'll work in your country? (thanks for this link, folks!)
These fascinating details came in from my man Grammaton:
arte is a cultural and arts based european community free tv channel,
mainly driven by germany and france - the station is also known as a rarely
insiders tip for real movie fans, if they show a big movie...always directors cut,
without advertisement or commercial brakes
the murnau foundation is responsible for the restauration and conservation of the german movie culture (complete list of movies can be found HERE).
also nice: complete poster list, sorted alphabetically, just click a letter and be happy HERE.)
metropolis will not only be shown in berlin, what can be also seen on "arte",
it will be shown same time in frankfurt berlin is only the "beta" event, the real "alpha" event is in frankfurt in the "alte-oper" ("old opera" )
place of restauration (wiesbaden) and alte oper (frankfurt) is only about 30 mins by car and
the "alte oper" is a very famous building in europe, which is definetly the perfect location for showing
such a classic in frankfurt the ORIGINAL PARTION will be played by this orchestra THIS ORCHESTRA.
the lost film material where finally delivered to place of restauration (wiesbaden) on the 6th of july 2009 on 8:30 am
restaurated movie poster can be seen HERE.
the puzzle work of inserting the many cut scenes was done by a comparison to the already in 2001 restaurated version of the movie version everybody knows
main part of the puzzle was done by combining the working progresses "adaption" and "reconstruction" focused on the music
so the original music partition was more helpfull than any scripts or cutcards by its length of each partition and also dramaturgy compared to the specific scene
regarding the optical matters.....they where always in 3-person teams producing a "work-in-progress"
copy of the film the digital restauration where done by FIVE different external (non foundation) companies with
different techniques and even more important: philosophies
each of them used different techniques - in a blancing act all tried to avoid digital artefacts by diggin' to deep into the film material
cause they played the lost version over decades in buenos aires, you can still see in the restaurated version damages that got copied while they transfered it from 35mm to 16mm-dub-negative
the german government financed it additionally with 200.000 euros
it will be also shown in german tv, and will be sold on dvd and bluray later this year
there are still some scenes missing and are still searched for
sorry that was all i could do while i am still in office
regards and keep on
grammaton
The restoration poster Grammaton links out to above is really cool!
Finally, this message from Michael reveals some satellite info:
1) The movie will have its premiere at the Friedrichsstadtpalast in Berlin
2) This premiere will be broadcast live at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
3) German/French TV station Arte will show the premiere gala and then at 8.40 PM CET will show the new version of the movie. I am not sure if this will only be available on the German language version of the channel or also on the French language version.
ARTE should be viewable by many European viewers on the Astra 19,2° east or Eutelsat Hotbird 13° east satellite, as well as some others found at this link. According to www.areadvd.de Metropolis will also be shown on the Arte HD channel.
So, essentially, it's gonna be pretty damn tricky for anyone outside of Germany and maybe France to see METROPOLIS tomorrow. If you're one of the lucky few, please send us your feedback, thoughts, feelings, etc. about what you've looked upon. If you're attending the events in person (I have one guy who is - lucky bastard), be sure to write in & share your experiences with the world.
More restoration material is available HERE.
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As for the restored film. It is probably as close as we'll ever get to the full three and a half hour version that premiered in Berlin in 1927. The print found in Argentina has supplied more than 30 minutes that were butchered by the studio more than 80 years ago and were thought lost up to now. A few seconds are still missing because a scene that was on the end of one of the reels was too badly damaged to restore. But other than that, it is complete and on Friday we'll be the first people to see it since that audience filed into the special metal-clad building in Berlin in 1927 for the premiere.
Anyway, as you wrote , this Friday 12. Feb the German/French Channel "ARTE" is showing the restored Metropolis live from 20:15. This is in itself cool, but via Satalite the Channel ARTE is also broadcast is HD! Aint that cool :). This is a free channel so anyone able to "tune in" can do.
The Satellite that you need to tune into is the Astra Satellite over here in Europe.
mainly driven by germany and france - the station is also known as a rarely
insiders tip for real movie fans, if they show a big movie...always directors cut,
without advertisement or commercial brakes
the murnau foundation is responsible for the restauration and conservation of the german movie culture (complete list of movies can be found HERE).
also nice: complete poster list, sorted alphabetically, just click a letter and be happy HERE.)
metropolis will not only be shown in berlin, what can be also seen on "arte",
it will be shown same time in frankfurt berlin is only the "beta" event, the real "alpha" event is in frankfurt in the "alte-oper" ("old opera" )
place of restauration (wiesbaden) and alte oper (frankfurt) is only about 30 mins by car and
the "alte oper" is a very famous building in europe, which is definetly the perfect location for showing
such a classic in frankfurt the ORIGINAL PARTION will be played by this orchestra THIS ORCHESTRA.
the lost film material where finally delivered to place of restauration (wiesbaden) on the 6th of july 2009 on 8:30 am
restaurated movie poster can be seen HERE.
the puzzle work of inserting the many cut scenes was done by a comparison to the already in 2001 restaurated version of the movie version everybody knows
main part of the puzzle was done by combining the working progresses "adaption" and "reconstruction" focused on the music
so the original music partition was more helpfull than any scripts or cutcards by its length of each partition and also dramaturgy compared to the specific scene
regarding the optical matters.....they where always in 3-person teams producing a "work-in-progress"
copy of the film the digital restauration where done by FIVE different external (non foundation) companies with
different techniques and even more important: philosophies
each of them used different techniques - in a blancing act all tried to avoid digital artefacts by diggin' to deep into the film material
cause they played the lost version over decades in buenos aires, you can still see in the restaurated version damages that got copied while they transfered it from 35mm to 16mm-dub-negative
the german government financed it additionally with 200.000 euros
it will be also shown in german tv, and will be sold on dvd and bluray later this year
there are still some scenes missing and are still searched for
sorry that was all i could do while i am still in office
regards and keep on
grammaton
2) This premiere will be broadcast live at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
3) German/French TV station Arte will show the premiere gala and then at 8.40 PM CET will show the new version of the movie. I am not sure if this will only be available on the German language version of the channel or also on the French language version.
ARTE should be viewable by many European viewers on the Astra 19,2° east or Eutelsat Hotbird 13° east satellite, as well as some others found at this link. According to www.areadvd.de Metropolis will also be shown on the Arte HD channel.
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I am.
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Obligatory.
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...that poster linked to above is from the 2002 restoration. I have the postcard on my desk from when I went to see it in the theater.
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I'm hearing tumbleweed. Now compare this TB to the Transformers 3 one. Sad, sad very sad.
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I have never seen it and was pleased that I was going to see the "full" version. Guess I'll just wait a little longer.
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I want to know if this is finally going to be shown at the proper frame rate when the eventual Blu-ray release hits. The 2002 version was 24fps. It should be slower to at least approximate the filming speed of the time (16fps according to wikipedia).
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Hardly. I bet it will be on a torrent site by the end of the weekend.
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Love the scene when the 'robot Maria' does her sexy dance to the guys in dinner suits and all the 'eyes' of the onlookers are added to the frame. That's some incredibly cool shit. Why don't they do stuff like that in todays movies?
Plus METROPOLIS has a guy called 'Rotwang'. HOW MANY MOVIES HAVE A GUY CALLED ROTWANG IN THEM???!!! -
just to see how is the whole celebration,which sound to be very cool.but i will wait to watch the film when i purchase the bluray version.
anyway its great news that this worldwide cultural treasure is restored back to its original form.god bless the soul of that nazi who had the copies... -
it would make a difference in the live music cues too.
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Why have you not even posted anything about you thoughts on this. The screening is epic, and you need to get your magic working to help bring this to the US!
I'm all over the BluRay, but would LOVE to see this at Fantastic Fest this year! -
can you fix it please?
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Feb 11, 2010 4:11:43 PM CST
Looking forward to it, but I'll wait for the blu-disky thing.
by flickapoo
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but that Nazi's soul is burning in the nastiest part of Hell, whether he/she was a film enthusiast or not.
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there is a cool exhibition as well, showing all original remainings from the actual production and shooting of METROPOLIS. you can find infos her:
http://www.filmmuseum-berlin.de/
search english version of the page/ exhibitions / complete metropolis. it´s nice and watchworthy.
now i need to get my recorder ready to record the broadcast tomorrow. and afterwards: its BERLINALE!! yeeha! werner herzog is head of jury, welcome back werner at germany. we´ve missed you in recent years. -
That is all!
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An excellent read and some great photos that I have never seen.
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Why restore a movie and then show it in crappy streaming flash. Way to read those press releases carefully AICN.
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Feb 11, 2010 4:48:58 PM CST
now you guys feel like what we feel when we see HULU links ...
by caipirina
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Feb 11, 2010 5:17:08 PM CST
HULU sucks. Doesn't work too well with lower bandwidth
by stereotypical evil archer
Hulu pauses too much. Sometimes its jerky. It's also not stored in the cache (or whatever its called), so you can't rewind and pause it like one can on You Tube.
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....you know about that "piracy" thing. Being broadcast too huh? Great. I'll be able to download it from anywhere in the world shortly after it's finished, kinda like rather than waiting for Doctor Who episode reviews here I simply watch the show just behind the Brits.
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you have no idea how happy i am to see people enjoying it as close as to what we intended all those years ago
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THAT... was f'ing funny.
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ever going to turn up?
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Read his review, it's fun.
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Take some initiative and chop together a fan edit. I'm sure there are some old Pat Benetar songs that will fill the space nicely. A quick color overlay and presto: restored Georgio Moroder edit. Beyond that, stop whining.
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was made in 1927. Either your account has been hacked or you've decided to run with the idea that you're posts are all one big "joke".
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It's just south of Hmaburg
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watched the 'new' talky version of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI?
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SmokingRobot? Anyboby…?
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The DVD/Blu-Ray release is going to be sometime in December apparently?! And I sure as hell can't make it to TCM's Film Fest in Hollywood in a few months... AUGH this sucks...
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...but it will be worth the wait!
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You, sir, are a keen observer of detail.Look me up in Brockton sometime!
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I hope one of the groups in the ripping scene has someone in Germany who records this.
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That such an event is taking place. Hope everyone who has the chance enjoys it !
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Google is your friend: http://tinyurl.com/ygpjaf8
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New Babel would make an awesome title for a movie.
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...I knew of several places where you could watch live tv from all over the world for free (thousands of channels). I'm sure it must still be possible, but I've deleted all such software from my pc and don't plan on going back. No guarantee the channels carrying Metropolis would be available, but pretty much every channel COULD be found with very little difficulty.
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And frankly, I'm a little tired of it.
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I have to wonder what the restored footage adds besides length.
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Arte is easily accessible through the Astra satellite, a dish and a receiver. Not sure if you can get a good signal, if any signal at all from the US. Satellite TV is quite popular all around Europe, so anyone with a satellite dish will be able to see this just fine.
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Anybody?????????????
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I haven't seen any of metropolis in ages so I forget if it has lots of dialogue written out in intertitles or whether the audience is meant to follow along with the (silent) action unaided by written words. Assuming I can even find the streaming video and it works, is it worth my time if I don't understand German or French?
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Has this discovery prompted them to push that back until they can incorporate this new version? I hope so.
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I seem to remember there being a few, like, chapter titles. But I also remember it being mostly visual. However, this is a new version, so I'm guessing nobody knows exactly how to answer your question. Seeing as how airing is being prepared for a foreign audience I would guess anything written would be in their tongue. But that's just a guess.
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But downloading it from someone is not. Look, I get it. The people who restored this film deserve to be paid and I want it to do well just as much as anyone else. But the people who WILL buy the blu-ray WILL buy it!!! Like me. The people who would never buy it no matter what, will never buy it. That's not a difficult concept to wrap your head around, I hope. And it's not necessary to have a degree in ethics to understand it. However, if you're overly zealous about file-sharing and fail to grasp the idea of someone wanting it early and accepting that this is where we are in the scheme of history, is it possible you could fuck off? And I don't mean that as an insult. Just leave the heavy thinking to the adults.
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The "message" of the film leaves me cold. I love it for it's visuals and historical context. I love the clothing, the faces of the people in the film, the rich beauty of it all. But the whole "technology bad-jeebus good" thing is positively juvenile and disgusting. And there are so many things they could have made a little more accurate in regard to predictions and expectations of the time. But you do have to put it in context. If you can, it's a rewarding experience seeing it in a real theater. There was a sense of watching ghosts as time went by watching the film. I recall thinking "all of these beautiful people are gone now and this is all that is left of them.. even their families' memories of them have faded". Sobering.
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I'll live my life, instead.
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I have been waiting for this for months now. Tickets in hand for the Frankfurt premier. BTW, if you ever make it to Frankfurt, the film museum here has a huge METROPOLIS exhibit. My only open question is will their be English subtitles? I am guessing no...
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or just the original one?
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I wish this classic was re-made. Fritz Lang's Metropolis can stand on its own but it would be great to see a modern take on this tale, one that is as politically charged and equally ambitious. Maybe a Metropolis TV series would do it justice?
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no, actually I'm not. I'm pretty sure this restoration would be considered a new work though, and thereby protected under copyright.
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Feb 12, 2010 7:36:08 AM CST
The scene I like the best is when poncy first goes downstairs
by toilet_terror
and ends up working a ridiculous lever for twelve hours with no tangible result.
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I truly hope someone in Germany or France records the HD feed on Arte and posts it on bit torrent. Please!
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Or are the restorers being protective of their copyright?
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This film of course takes on a whole new relevance today. Female robots riling the populace to slit their own throats, etc.
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Is this whole thing in German? Or will their be subtitles?
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Either that or they're just incompetent. It's consistently taking them 15-30 secs to figure out which audio to run.
This version seems to be for a french audience, but it's still in German hence the Allemand, so it will probably still have German cards. Don't know if that was mentioned yet.
Berlin should be 7 or 8 hours ahead of us, so still 2 or 3 more hours til Midnight.
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