Item Details:

METROPOLIS

CINECOM INTERNATIONAL FILMS

GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION, 1984

Re-Release of the original 1927 Film

Edition: Unknown

Publisher: PSO Producers Sales Organization

Photo Offset

Size: 27 x 41 in; 68.58 x 104.14 cm

Signed: Anonymous

In 1984, a new restoration and edit of the film was made by Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder, who was surprised by the lack of a definitive print, and expanded his project to a major reconstruction. Moroder's version, which was made in consultation with the Munich Film Archive and their archivist, Enno Patalas, was tinted to emphasise the different moods and locations in the film. It also featured additional special effects, replaced intertitles of character dialogue with subtitles and incorporated a soundtrack featuring songs Moroder composed, produced and recorded with popular artists. It was the first serious attempt made at restoring Metropolis to Lang's original vision, and until the restorations in 2001 and 2010, it was the most complete version of the film commercially available.

Private Collection, New York City