Metropolis: a hint of things to come (1 Viewer)

[Matt_Stevens]

I've read that too, but have been unable to verify it. If it's true, it's a disgrace to the cheap bastards who would deny the world the complete film.

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[Shane Gralaw]

I really hope Criterion gets a crack at the eventual DVD release- they're the one company that has done silent films right (as the Passion of Joan of Arc and the upcoming Haxan demonstrate). But I'm in no rush for the DVD- I'll wait until they get all the available materials together and can do a truly definitive version. I'm also hoping they can rope in Gillian Anderson (not the actress, the silent film score expert) to recover the original score. Anderson's work is amazing!

 

[Joseph Goodman]

RE: older films and digital resolution
But since older stocks (such as 50's Eastmancolor) are quite a bit less fine grained than even stocks of fifteen years ago, would extra scanning resolution make a difference even directly from the negative?