My favorite version of Metropolis is the Giorgio Moroder version from 1984, with color tinting, extra scene, and a soundtrack comprised of various '80s artists such as Queen and Adam Ant. Most Fritz Lang fans consider it blasphemous.
Hitler was a fan of most of Lang's films. I read somewhere that he wanted Peter Lorre to stay in Germany because he loved his performance in M and Lorre wrote him a letter stating that, "There's room for only one mass-murdering monster in this country."
I think I love August so much because he appeals to everything I found attractive as a teenager in the late '90s:
I have the original vhs, though it's also available on laserdisc, bootleg dvd, and there are torrents available, too. Getting the rights to the music is holding it back from a legitimate release. It was a very personal project for Moroder as he has nothing but respect for the film, and despite what anyone would tell you these days, it was extremely well received by critics and film fans back in 1984. It also has the distinction of being the first vhs my dad ever watched.
Sure thing, though I'm going from memory, as I've not watched it in a while:
The opening of film - Giorgio Moroder - Machines Worker's city - Cycle V - Blood From A Stone Maria and Freder meet - Pat Benatar - Here's My Heart The Legend of Babel - Giorgio Moroder - The Legend of Babel View of the city and introduction of Joh Fredersen - Jon Anderson (of Yes) - Cage of Freedom The unveiling of robot Maria - Bonnie Tyler - Here She Comes Maria dancing at Yoshiwara - Freddie Mercury - Love Kills The workers revolt, robot Maria is burned - Loverboy - Destruction
I can't quite recall the scenes that include Billy Squier's One Your Own and Adam Ant's What's Going On at the moment. There's a user on youtube, metropolisredux, who has been working from the laserdisc and vhs to create a DVD quality bootleg:
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Hitler was a fan of most of Lang's films. I read somewhere that he wanted Peter Lorre to stay in Germany because he loved his performance in M and Lorre wrote him a letter stating that, "There's room for only one mass-murdering monster in this country."
I think I love August so much because he appeals to everything I found attractive as a teenager in the late '90s:
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I have not seen that version if Metropolis though, obviously, I should.
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The opening of film - Giorgio Moroder - Machines
Worker's city - Cycle V - Blood From A Stone
Maria and Freder meet - Pat Benatar - Here's My Heart
The Legend of Babel - Giorgio Moroder - The Legend of Babel
View of the city and introduction of Joh Fredersen - Jon Anderson (of Yes) - Cage of Freedom
The unveiling of robot Maria - Bonnie Tyler - Here She Comes
Maria dancing at Yoshiwara - Freddie Mercury - Love Kills
The workers revolt, robot Maria is burned - Loverboy - Destruction
I can't quite recall the scenes that include Billy Squier's One Your Own and Adam Ant's What's Going On at the moment. There's a user on youtube, metropolisredux, who has been working from the laserdisc and vhs to create a DVD quality bootleg: