Showing posts with label silent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silent. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Classic Trailer: Metropolis: Reconstructed & Restored

Fritz Lang's monumental sci-fi classic Metropolis has finally been reconstructed and restored and DVD and Blu-ray is out today from Madman! This new release contains the original 150-minute director's cut and reinstates 25 minutes of footage that was thought to have been lost for 80 years. You can read more about the restored footage here, and if you've never this film, this is the best possible version available. Here's a glimpse of what to expect...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

For the Star Wars Fan with Everything #15

Star Wars as a silent film with intertitles:



This cute pint-sized Vader Volkswagen ad has over 40 million views but it's the first time I've seen it, so just in case you're in the same boat: