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Lost Metropolis Footage Found

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First found out at the Australian ABC TV News bulletin last night - lost footage of Fritz Lang's Metroplis has been found in Argentina. Here is the article from the ABC site:
Lost Metropolis footage found in Argentina - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
"Lost Metropolis footage found in Argentina
Posted Fri Jul 4, 2008 12:23pm AEST

Three reels of missing portions of a German science fiction film Metropolis made in 1927 have been discovered in Argentina.

Two film fans uncovered the fragile footage eight decades after Fritz Lang's dystopian classic started filming.

Metropolis forged a template for generations of science fiction cinema, and its enduring influence has been cited on films from Blade Runner to Fahrenheit 451 and Star Wars.

The film depicts a tumultuous class struggle in a vast, urban society and was the first film to be entered into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register - which aims to preserve cultural achievements of outstanding significance.

Released in 1927, set a century later, the silent film was not a commercial success and nearly ruined the studio behind it.

According to some estimates, it still ranks as one of the most expensive movies ever made once inflation is factored in.

Soon after its premiere, the movie was heavily cut to make it more accessible, and several new versions emerged.

A series of efforts were made to restore the film over the years but roughly a quarter of it was believed to be lost.

- Reuters"
 
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