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*practically foaming at the mouth with joy*
THEY FOUND THE MISSING BITS OF METROPOLIS
The account is confirmed by Martin Koerber, a curator in Berlin, who posted a response on the AMIA listserv after someone asked whether the article (and this second article) was a hoax. According to Koerber, one scene (the monk in the cathedral) remains missing due to excessive damage (it was on the end of a reel, and got badly torn), but holy crap YEY. And yeah, the refound footage isn't in the best of shape, but considering the fact that no one really expected that it would ever be found at all...holy poo. I is a happy Spoofie.
(besides being a very significant film of the late silent era, Metropolis was the first silent non-comedy I ever saw. I view it as one of those films that helped me realize what I wanted to do with my life)
I is going to be cheerful at work today.
ETA: More news sources confirming the story:
Variety
Reuters
The Guardian
AFP
Ahh, the awesomeness of being a lurker on an archivist listserv.
The account is confirmed by Martin Koerber, a curator in Berlin, who posted a response on the AMIA listserv after someone asked whether the article (and this second article) was a hoax. According to Koerber, one scene (the monk in the cathedral) remains missing due to excessive damage (it was on the end of a reel, and got badly torn), but holy crap YEY. And yeah, the refound footage isn't in the best of shape, but considering the fact that no one really expected that it would ever be found at all...holy poo. I is a happy Spoofie.
(besides being a very significant film of the late silent era, Metropolis was the first silent non-comedy I ever saw. I view it as one of those films that helped me realize what I wanted to do with my life)
I is going to be cheerful at work today.
ETA: More news sources confirming the story:
Variety
Reuters
The Guardian
AFP
Ahh, the awesomeness of being a lurker on an archivist listserv.