Voidwalkeraudio – Desire
An evening pause: The visuals come from the 1927 German film by Fritz Lang, Metropolis, and cover the scene dubbed “Maria’s Dance.” You can see the full movie here, as well as many other places on line.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who adds, “To understand what’s going on here, one needs to see the whole movie, preferably the latest restored version, and to really understand, one needs to read Lang’s wife Thea Von Harbou’s book “Metropolis”.
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You haven’t seen, or heard, Metropolis until you’ve watched the 1984 version with the music score directed by Giorgio Moroder. The contemporary rock music (with contributors like Pat Benatar, Freddie Mercury, Loverboy, and Atom Ant) follows every scene distinctly with elegant transitions to carry you through every intended mood and following the pace perfectly. Fritz Lang himself would be impressed with how the sound track brings home what he was attempting to accomplish.
It is shorter but not truncated. one hour and 23 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1qIj4Vce8g
Allan–
Downloading that version right now–thanks!
Negativland
“Christianity is Stupid”
Escape from Noise album 1987
https://youtu.be/FDfrrgqy_Eo
3:58
“The loudspeaker spoke up and said …”
Metropolis is available at the Internet Archive if anyone wants to easily download it for off-line viewing.
[the B&W 2 hour 30 minute version w/music but not the one Allan referenced)
https://archive.org/details/Metropolis1927_201312
They also have a version that has been upscaled, cleaned, and with color added for effect. (“not historically accurate”)
Correction: It’s Adam Ant. They do hard rock shirtless and sweaty. Atom Ant is an old cartoon.
The 1984 Moroder production is hard to find. They have been chasing down their copy-write violations. I have the dvd, uh, my son has it now. I must tell him not to lose it.
I watched the 1984 version as a kid and loved it. I know it is not popular among critics.
I do love the restored Kino version with the lost footage. It was ground breaking science fiction for that time and it has something that many Hollywood movies do not have now… a plot.
I’ve been a fan of Metropolis, since I was a small kid, watching it on public TV. I got Moroder’s ’84 version on Laser Disc (and still have a player) and found the sountrack on CD. I never watched the Laser Disc too many times, but if the CD had been vinyl I’d’ve worn it out. Now I’m going to have to find a copy of the most recent restoration on Blu-Ray. That’s what the Voidwalkerudio version must be from. I’ve never seen it look so clean & sharp.
This: ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040QYROK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) appears to be the latest and most complete version, with many digital restorations.
The book is here: ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486795675/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) (English translation).
In the early 70s NPR broadcast a version with an interesting soundtrack done by the modern synthesizers of the time, Moog, i think. i can’t find that anywhere, and it would not be as complete as the above blu-ray.
I have seen several versions of the film.
If you like the old stuff, “Frau im Mond” is a good one too.
The first sci Fi film to use a count down for a launch.