Dear Librarians, How relevant do you find reviews, such as the one below by A.O. Scott in today's New York Times, on the newly restored METROPOLIS to your selection of titles? We always promote Video Librarian, but what about film critics like A.O. Scott and others who write for mainstream media outlets? "Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis,” surely one of the most intensely studied and widely imitated films of the silent era, grows more complex and mysterious as time goes on. This is partly because the movie has not been seen in the form its director intended since 1927. The German studio UFA cut Lang’s ambitious science-fiction allegory shortly after its initial domestic release, and the American version (distributed by Paramount) was trimmed by an hour and effectively rewritten, with title cards that altered Lang’s meaning. Over the years new material has been discovered, and fresh restorations have been offered, so that the further “Metropolis” recedes into history, the newer it becomes."
Read the complete article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/movies/22metropolis.html?scp=1&sq=Metropolis&st=cse Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Sheldon Vice President Kino Lorber, Inc. 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503 New York, NY 10018 (212) 629-6880 www.kinolorberedu.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
