Monday, July 21, 2008

Long-Lost Reels From 1927's 'Metropolis' Recovered

Morning Edition, July 21, 2008 · Paula Felix-Didier of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, discovered more than 20 minutes of missing film footage from the classic science fiction silent movie Metropolis in her museum's archives. German filmmaker Fritz Lang directed the film, and three reels have been missing almost since its premiere in 1927. Felix-Didier, the museum's director, talks with Deborah Amos.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92728652

Just thought this was cool. The link posted here has a link to the audio.

2 comments:

Pope said...

Sweet! One of the most influential films of all time continues to surprise us!

Beck said...

Wow! That's really cool! :)