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Metropolis The Restored Classic with Live Musical Accompaniment by The Alloy Orchestra Sponsored by Friend of Downtown 1927 | Not Rated | Fantasy, Sci-Fi | d. Fritz Lang Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge |
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| Newly restored and featuring and original score and live musical accompaniment by the world renowned and innovative Alloy Orchestra, Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece promises an unforgettable evening at this year’s Plaza Classic. With a record budget for its time, Metropolis boasts stunning technical effects in its portrayal of a future world split between an urban paradise among the clouds and the industrial underworld of exploited laborers who must continually man the machines that run the metropolis. Secure in their world of art, beauty, and comfort, the cloud city’s inhabitants live in blissful ignorance of the workers’ plight, until one man, the son of the city’s leader, ventures down into the mechanized lower depths in pursuit of a girl. By turns dreamlike, haunting and nightmarish, Metropolis is a true classic, a landmark in cinematic achievement. For most of its 83 year history, Metropolis was considered a partially-lost film, viewable in truncated and heavily butchered versions – now see Fritz Lang’s expansive and visionary film complete for the first time since its Berlin debut in 1927! -TS | ||