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Webomatica: Movie Notes: Metropolis

  • Donald Sosin · 1 year ago
    What score is that? Certainly not the orchestral score from the Kino release. It's really unsatisfactory, IMHO. There is no buildup to the activation of the robot, just a series of effects that don't lead anywhere.

    But thanks for your comments on this wonderful film. Silent films can indeed be daunting. But if seen on a large screen with good live music, with an audience, it's an entirely different experience. If you are located somewhere where you have this possibility, I urge you to give it a try!

    Best wishes,

    Donald Sosin
  • papa · 1 year ago
    I saw a screening of Metropolis at the Boston Public Library a decade back and they had a live ensemble providing the music. This arrangement was very percussion heavy with a host of drums, chimes, xylophones, glockenspiels, Orff instruments and the like. I remember enjoying it but paying way too much attention to the ensemble since they were visible adjacent the movie screen. Still, it's a pretty neat idea to think that early movies did indeed employ live musicians before the sound and movie soundtracks put them out of work.
  • Matt · 1 year ago
    saw it long time ago but never finished it. Maybe I didn't get the idea of this movie but I lost patience with it very soon.