Metropolis restaurat la Berlinale 60 !!!

m-am bucurat mult vara trecuta cind am auzit ca s-a gasit footage-ul lispsa din METROPOLIS, chiar daca dvdul meu cu editia definitiva va fi un footnote. 30 de minute aprox din capodopera absoluta a lui Fritz Lang s-au gasit la Buenos Aires (am un articol excelent despre asta intr-un Sight and Sound !), acum restaurarea e gata si filmul va fi aratat la Berlinale 60. Deci, iata un motiv suficient pentru a merge acolo !
UNESCO a ales Metropolis sa fie primul film inscris in registrul “Memory of the World”.

Fritz Lang’s original cut of Metropolis from 1927 will return to the screen at the 60th Berlin International Festival in 2010. At a gala presentation in the Friedrichstadtpalast on 12 February 2010, the classic silent film - reconstructed and restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation – will celebrate its premiere 83 years after the original version had its world premiere. Based on the original score by Gottfried Huppertz, the screening will be accompanied by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the direction of conductor Frank Strobel. Minister of State and Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd Neumann will attend the event.

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