[geeks] Metropolis

[Ken Hansen]

in reverse order...

Copyrights can be renewed, IIRC.

When originally shown, the music was performed in the theater by musicians,
IIRC.

The Flashing comes from missing/out of sync frames - the first cameras were
advanced by *hand* by the camera man - they didn't have electric motors to
advance the film through the camera. You knew that, because when you play
(or *watch* other people if you insist ;^) charades, how o you indicate
"movie title"? You make a lens with one hand and *crank* with the other...

As for the "talking" - the words on screen don't have the name of the
speaker - how else would you know who said something you just read? It's
quite clever - it leave lots of room for the text/dialouge...

Now, try my film - "Cinima Paradiso", be warned, it is a chick-flick...

HTH,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "joshua d boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: [geeks] Metropolis


> OK, RE earlier discussion on Metropolis, I finally stopped chickening out,
> and I rented it today, and watched it tonight.
>
> Here are a few thoughts.
>
> This movie has it's moments.  However, I found the constant flashing
> (symptomatic of many really old movies I've found) to induce head
> pain.  Also, I found all the "talking" really wierd.  I think, if I can't
> hear them talking, then I don't really want to see it.  Also, I got bored
> of the sound track quickly, and halfway through finished it on mute.
>
> Now, I'm thinking that a restoration work (fixing the flashing, the
> streaking, the missed frames, etc) would help tremendously, even if some
> people would consider it a heresy.
>
> Oh, 1925.  Doesn't that mean that it's copyright expired last year?
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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