04 October 2009 @ 02:53 am
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.  
I WANNA DO LADY GAGA.

That is all.
 
 
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http://suspiriorum.livejournal.com/: I can feel the weight deep down below[identity profile] suspiriorum.livejournal.com on October 4th, 2009 08:40 am (UTC)
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:
[identity profile] theblackmeat.livejournal.com on October 4th, 2009 08:44 am (UTC)
Aaahahaha! Witty. And, yes, Peter Lorre's performance in M was exceptional.

I have not seen that version if Metropolis though, obviously, I should.
http://suspiriorum.livejournal.com/: Your secrets sleep[identity profile] suspiriorum.livejournal.com on October 4th, 2009 08:48 am (UTC)
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.
[identity profile] theblackmeat.livejournal.com on October 4th, 2009 08:50 am (UTC)
I hope I can get ahold of it eventually. Can you list a few of the tracks used and the sequences they correspond to?
http://suspiriorum.livejournal.com/: A song to break your heart to[identity profile] suspiriorum.livejournal.com on October 4th, 2009 09:14 am (UTC)
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: