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I can only imagine how infinitely profound and shocking this movie was to the audience back in 1927. Nothing visually could have compared.

@amateurbarnabycreates

Жыл бұрын

12 years later The Wizard of Oz was released and the gradual change from B&W to color in the film must be a real shocker and wonder to the audience. Gone with the Wind was also visually pleasing that i forget sometimes that this movies are more than 80 years old.

@leggonarm9835

Жыл бұрын

It's still mesmerizing if you lose yourself the picture.

@aceman1126

Жыл бұрын

@@amateurbarnabycreates I was just talking to my uncle today about that. He had watched the movie for YEARS in only black and white and one day his family got a color tv and he watched it and again it was in black and white at first and he said it was unbelievably awesome to see it in color the first time without expecting it. I can't imagine

@DenkyManner

Жыл бұрын

the movie flopped when it was new

@zitools

Жыл бұрын

i wonder if anyone thought they could bang a robot back then...

For 1927 this is really ahead of its time

@brexitgreens

Жыл бұрын

The definition of science fiction.

@H-Vox

Жыл бұрын

German Expressionism

@izhangt3787

Жыл бұрын

Becouse it's illuminati film my friend, I don't understand any scene here, that's for sure. The spoiler is, that's how they control us.

@username.exenotfound2943

2 ай бұрын

tbf films had to scale back once sound showwed up as the tech for all the sound had much lower range which is why you wouldnt see as many grand areas up until the 50s and 60s

@richn7299

6 күн бұрын

It is the film, by which all others are measured.

I never realized that the reconstruction of leeloo’s body in the Fifth Element was a direct quote of this scene.

@PSlo0over

Жыл бұрын

I IMMEDIATELY thought of Leeloo in the Fifth Element when I saw this scene. Is it actually inspired by it or just your guess?

@rutlegs

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking Weird Science...

@TheGorillafoot

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@shizukagozen777

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about that. Also, I never watched Metropolis so... 😅

@papytromblon

Жыл бұрын

Pratically anything in the fifth element is plagiarism

The perfect Sci-Fi Frankenstein. Almost 96 years old and the effects are still amazing and convincing. I bet that sinister wink at the end was the inspiration for Norman Bates grin at the end of Psycho.

@F-Andre

Жыл бұрын

Has nothing todo with frankenstein

@runlarryrun77

Жыл бұрын

@@F-Andre Clearly inspired by Frankenstein in places, but ok.

@runlarryrun77

Жыл бұрын

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein IS sci fi. It's widely accepted as the novel that gave life to the genre.

@crashoverwrite5196

Жыл бұрын

? ITs the occult symbol" the one eye". Its a : haha you stupid fucks, we gonna do it to you because we want and you are not listening. the transformation today!

@Roy_1

Жыл бұрын

@@F-Andre H.G. Wells accused it of being derivative of Frankenstein.

I can’t imagine the amount of work that 1920’s artists and filmmakers would’ve had to put into these SFX, done by hand? Truly ahead of their time

@kritzkrieg14

Жыл бұрын

not to mention the engineers to make these scifi paraphernalia work haha

@sigridqwq5198

Жыл бұрын

that was in Gemany Berlin 1927, my Father was there.....Hitler running around in Berlin......Hitler the Devil.....

Those special effects are amazing for 1927! “Mars” from Gustav Holst is also a perfect choice for this scene ✨

@CorpsmanPrivateer

Жыл бұрын

The music was so on point that I had to wonder if it was written for this scene.

@JohnnyChicago

Жыл бұрын

"...perfect choice..." No. Wrong. There have been other sound cues out there that were better, and not relying on old worn out trope music. Try this for the urgency and awesomeness of the scene: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iaeH1dSFlamTZKw.html Thank you for not deleting my opinion.

@CorpsmanPrivateer

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyChicago It sucked.

@paulquintin3607

Жыл бұрын

Love the gadgets seen in Mad Scientist’s labs.

@scottlarson1548

Жыл бұрын

They should be amazing. They cost a fortune!

I love Maria's walk and sinister facial expression after her transformation. This movie is a gem of cinema, so much is said with no words.

@chrisparkes2179

Жыл бұрын

Brigitte Helm did a brilliant job in this movie. She adopted an expression that clearly showed to the audience which "Maria" she was in any scene, the real one or the robot.

@TheVirginGary

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisparkes2179 Was the point of this to transform her into a robot S Lut?

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

7 ай бұрын

@@TheVirginGary PSYCHOLOGY. She was a temptress leading people astray. I can't say as I'd BLAME them.

@ladywisewolf3942

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheVirginGary She was supposed to be a symbolic "whore of Babylon" and is pointed out as such in another dream sequence scene in the movie where a minister on a pulpit holds up a picture from the Bible , that says ( in German) "the whore of Babylon," and it's a picture of the robot Maria in her seductive dance costume. She is the personification of evil, lust and degeneracy, there to lead the people astray.

The fact that the science technology in this scene was accomplished very well back in 1927 is so shocking. Truly one of the greatest films and sci fi films of all time.

It's really impressive, the attention to detail like the heart glowing is brilliant. The effects look more like a movie from the 60s or even later.

@chrisparkes2179

Жыл бұрын

There were some amazing effects in movies back then. The flying carpet scene in the 1924 Thief of Baghdad is stunning. And Buster Keaton's stunts and physical effects are among the best ever done.

This movie was so far ahead of its time.

@pseudonym3690

Жыл бұрын

That's why the clocks in the movie were 73 years fast

Wow, you know somebody did some good SFX work when it still looks decent NINETY-FIVE YEARS LATER. Damn.

I recently watched this movie it was fabulous! Considering it was a hundred years old it was state-of-the-art. Excited, easy to follow which reaffirms my admiration for Fritz Lang the genius of early cinematography and storyline.

@Ourladyrules

Жыл бұрын

Fritz Lang was a true visionary, and the actors were better than any today. this iconic film has stood the test of time. i first saw it in 1979 in a church basement showing. have seen it about 9 or so times since. always amazes me and tugs at my heart.

@CabezasDePescado

Жыл бұрын

I actually didnt liked it much, afte4 so many years of praise i thought it would be better, like Citizen Kane...

@Kaefer1973

Жыл бұрын

@@CabezasDePescado Which is also a movie many find disappointing after so many years of praise, so I guess that makes sense.

5:34 When the robot Maria opens her eyes has got to be one of the most sinister moments in cinema. Brigitte Helm created a perfect uncanny valley moment there.

@OctopusOwl

14 күн бұрын

Her carefully crafted expression is just so unnerving. Truly uncanny.

This was far more haunting and chilling than the black and white original. My God... The acting appears much stronger in the colorized version and it truly reveals the Expressionist feel. Thank you for this!

The film looks much more natural with this speed.

I`m deeply impressed with special effects, and I cannot believe this movie was produced in 1927.

@bartobruintjes7056

Жыл бұрын

It was.

@MINKIN2

Жыл бұрын

Watch the full movie. They have video calls and screens mounted to their walls.

@pistoffpussycat5778

Жыл бұрын

They had electric cars and charging stations all over the place in the 1890's. God knows what other history and technologies they've covered up

@shizukagozen777

Жыл бұрын

@@pistoffpussycat5778 Sure... 😂😂😂

@pistoffpussycat5778

Жыл бұрын

@@shizukagozen777 There's photos of it

Some 40 years ago I showed an 8mm silent copy of Metropolis down my basement to a group of friends. I too used "Mars" for this scene. It's like it was written precisely for it. My congratulations on the music and the colorization and my thanks for posting this. Looking forward to some more of your Metropolis postings.

For an almost 100 years old movie absolutely astonishing.

I was blown away when I first viewed Metropolis. I was in such awe for how ahead of it's time and gorgeous it all was. It's timeless

PLEASE!! Let us know when you guys colorize the entire movie ❤️

@jshound1508

Жыл бұрын

Someone already has... kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZOmsLCrj72zh84.html And it's free. You're welcome. 🙂

@croonyerzoonyer

Жыл бұрын

They don’t do that.

@EliezerAamesINTL

Жыл бұрын

@TheMaidofMiddleEarth After January 1st, 23... Not an issue anymore.

@F-Andre

Жыл бұрын

There is a new colorized blu ray out

@Tugela60

Жыл бұрын

Movie? It is a documentary. That is how things were done back then.

I've watched countless films on my projector but one that still visually impresses me the most is Metropolis. It really was art back then.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

Жыл бұрын

No shit

95 years ago… Amazing film about our Future!

Seeing this colorized made it even more intense, and Maria more beautiful than ever. The machine heart coming to life was awesome. The whole film is amazing.

This looked like a film that could have been made today the fact that its almost a century ago makes it all the more remarkable

This is crazy good for 1927 !!! 95 years old and way better than most movies now with the design, the techniques used my word!!!!!

I LOVED how you guys made the dance scene on that prior video upload. The music was BANGING too

Metropolis is one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time. I just love the classics.

I have watched this movie movie many times. I still forget many scenes. Ty KZreadrs for preserving greatness.

Thank you for sharing these CLASSIC vintage films with us - haven't seen "Metropolis" in ages! Kudos!!

The bit that always take me out of this scene is that Maria’s features don’t line up in the final dissolve from robot to person - just that final detail after such amazing effects work

Still one of the most beautiful films ever made.

I love it. It's loaded with hints of art deco, introduced in Paris in 1925.

Never imagined such movie existed in 1927, this is incredible!!

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

Жыл бұрын

Nor anything by the looks of your amazement that the era produced anything decent.

@anti64

Жыл бұрын

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Hey there I'm a classical music nerd, I'm the first one to fall in love with the art of the 19th and 20th, cinema just isn't my thing. Let's not step into boring elitism, it just perpuates the negative image people generally have of those mediums.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

Жыл бұрын

@@anti64 I see so many comments of people gawking over the plain idea that an a certain era (1920's, 1930's, 1950's etc...) could create good work. If its ever good, it has to be compared as ahead of its time, by people who don't know the time.

Another Fritz Lang movie "Frau im Mond" inspired the NASA later to introduce the countdown. Many details of this film were realised during the Apollo project. Hermann Oberth was a technical counselor to Fritz Lang and Oberth was the man, who inspired Werner v. Braun in his plan to develop a multistage liquid propellant rocket. He loves this film, too.

Beautiful. I didn't think one of my favourite scenes of any movie, especially one made in 1925, could be improved upon, but you have. It also looks to me as if you deliberately made it look hand tinted, with subtle variations in colour hue, depth and tone. I love it.

Looks insanely good for 1927.

Metropolis!! Isn't just a movie! is just a huge epic! Everyone who loves cinema needs to watch! I just fall in love for this classic 👏

wow, you did an amazing job and revitalized an already magnificent movie to something even more spectacular

No WAY you made a 95 year old film look THAT GOOD

@XIXbacktolife

Жыл бұрын

You should see how I restored my 98-year-old grandmother. Now she works at hooters.

@lemurianchick

Жыл бұрын

@@XIXbacktolife 🤣

@Rusty84CV

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say it was good, OK maybe but it needs a lot of work.

@runlarryrun77

Жыл бұрын

@@Rusty84CV Ignorami. Go back to your Iron Man & Mission Impossible then.

@latheofheaven

Жыл бұрын

@@XIXbacktolife Why you Evil B@stard you! So... uh... which Hooters is it where she works...?

Absolutely stunning

How fun was that- nice work! Thanks for sharing.

Loved it! Thanks!

Amazing stuff, well done! Would kinda love to see a side-by-side of the original/raw footage vs colorized 4k sometime :D

The Mars score adds enormously to the film

@peter298a

Жыл бұрын

Was that in the original?

@atomkraftteddy

4 ай бұрын

​@@peter298aNo. This is from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst. 10 years older than the film.

Good choice of Music for this, it goes so well even her head falling at 5:40 syncs perfectly

Pure treat. Thanks.

The very definition of timeless masterpiece.

This esoteric view is amazing. Love the snippets with commentary!

The laboratory set is great. 👍 🎥

This colorization looks so natural even the light in the test tubes This is breathtaking

I saw parts of this wonderful film when I was under 10 years old and the girl, Brigette Helm fascinated me, as did the effects. I used to go to Saturday morning movies at the local cinema around 1963 ( I was 8 ) and watched Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, which were made around 1936 onwards. The effects in Metropolis 1927, were, in my mind, superior to Flash Gordon made 10 years later. I've always had a small crush on Brigitte as she is very beautiful. She died in 1996 aged 90.❤❤

A visionary! Fantastic.

Great job 👏 Never thought I would see anything like that... LOVE this flick

a master piece of SF and near 100 years old. colour and 4k brings it so near of us... thanks for this great job!!! 😎😎😎

THAT was fun! Great choice of Holst's "Mars" as the music. FUN!

Wow. Flippin amazing. Currently working on a score for this grand film for its entering public domain in a few years.

@isovideo7497

Жыл бұрын

I think it becomes public domain in the USA on Jan 1st 2023 (copyright in 1927, 95 year term) - better get a move on! It is copyright in Germany until 2047, which is a ridiculous amount of time, so you could still get a claim restricting its showing in Germany on KZread.

@Esrom_music

Жыл бұрын

@@isovideo7497 oh really. That's good info. I was under the impression it was 99 years in the U.S..

Just genius. The colorization really helps make you aware of how good it was.

It's been a long time since I've watched this movie but now I need to see it again.

Metropolis becomes public domain on 01/01/2023; three and a half hours from posting this.

Amazing , the laboratory and the transformation are so impressive.

You don't need any words at all. Very clear and expressive...

Beautifully restored ❤

CGI will NEVER be this amazing

@pseudonym3690

Жыл бұрын

lol yes? and even more so? do you think Lang wouldn't have used CGI if it had been available back then? The man was an early adopter for all new technologies. Besides, it's not a competition. Movies make great use of blending CGI with practical effects. Both have good reasons to be used and without CGI some movies wouldn't be possible at all.

@tcrijwanachoudhury

Жыл бұрын

@@pseudonym3690 exactly he would've used it tastefully and magnificently imo, think King Kong or the infamous Titanic scene, or hell even better than any of those but que cera cera ig

I love the higher resolution, like the color, but I am fascinated by the quality of the original special effects in this scene.

Excellent special effects for its time wonderful colorization technique thank you

This is the movie you've been waiting for a LANG time!

How are the editing and effects of this almost 100 year old short piece of film better than what Marvel has been pumping out the last 5 years (Edited bc dudes cant figure out what i meant)

@suavemsuavemente

Жыл бұрын

The original version is reported to be around 160mins. Metropolis is the jewel and the crown of sci fi movie genre.

@MINKIN2

Жыл бұрын

It's 2.5 hours long.

@ItWasRevealedToMeInMyDreams

Жыл бұрын

@@MINKIN2 yes, i have google as well

@ItWasRevealedToMeInMyDreams

Жыл бұрын

@@suavemsuavemente im just curious of the point of repeating a comment above yours? Yes lol i have eyes and able to read both the title of the video and the description, im glad you do as well. It's sad that it wasnt obvious i was talking about this short piece of the film that is this video lmfao but I'll edit it for the slows

@ItWasRevealedToMeInMyDreams

Жыл бұрын

@@ANTE_artroom actually I was referring to this short video by itself from the film but thanks yall for the what's referred to in the title of the video and the description, glad you also have eyes 💙

You should do a video on the process you use to create these.

@brexitgreens

Жыл бұрын

It's called "Neuralink".

@NickvonZ

Жыл бұрын

MEXIE! Howdy, Dude! Remember me from Gaffed Academy? Haven't seen you there for awhile. I was thinking of you 2 days ago, as the subject of separating cards was featured. Small world! Good to run into you!

@XIXbacktolife

Жыл бұрын

@@NickvonZ It's a small world after all.

@NickvonZ

Жыл бұрын

@@XIXbacktolife 😸👍

At the time, Europe was miles ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to filmmaking.

Excellent work!

The colorization in all of the film clips seems like AI produced, and albeit some frames seems very believable, others shots will shift the hue completely opposite or areas would still be black and white. I say you guys need an FX artist to help touch up the areas the AI may miss and this would be truly incredible.

@KojiKamori

Жыл бұрын

@TheMaidofMiddleEarth Indeed. Which is why I think it was produced by AI. It should always, if so that is, be a tool and the absolute.

@runlarryrun77

Жыл бұрын

Just drop the colourisation. Go for monochrome or a solid tint as Lang intended. Because of the amount of restoration that was already done prior to the digital stabilisation, colourisation & upscale, there are times where the software doesn't have enough information to work with. For a split second here & there the algorithm has to guess & as amazing as it is it gets it wrong, which creates those fluctuations. Sometimes limiting the end result to a high quality version of the original would be better than trying to create something that looks truly modern. I think what's being done with these old films is incredible, but sometimes less is more.

@pseudonym3690

Жыл бұрын

@@runlarryrun77 Lang didn't intend black and white, he was bound to it, because color wasn't available. He was one of the very first to produce color movies and talkies as soon as he got access to the technology.

@austinevplab7167

Жыл бұрын

For my tastes I don’t like colorization of black & white or sepia tone original prints. It is effectively reshooting the movie as color plays an important role in creating visual structure. It isn’t evenly applied so then it becomes a distraction. Blue could be used to hold a subliminal feeling but…oh…wait, his jacket is now gray. What does that mean? Bruce Block’s book on Visual Story telling is fascinating.

@KojiKamori

Жыл бұрын

@@austinevplab7167 Depending on the work, and how the colorization was done, I wouldn't mind adding color to something black and white. But how color is done needs to reflect the original vision of the work too. It is easy to create high contrast between two toned images, it's either black or white, but with color, they can either complement another or clash with another and every culture sees color differently, but see black and white all the same. Why I kinda play the fence on classical movies as opposed to documentry and live shot footage. When color is done right with that, and you have a very good, clean film, its like traveling back in time to see a world long forgotten. But it is nonetheless, a lot of work to work with film to get that result in any regard. Key word being, work.

That slow wink is absolutely terrifying for some reason. I feel my soul being manipulated lol I appreciate the work that goes into colourizing and upscaling the movies but I sincerely feel theres a magic quality to the B&W aged look and atmosphere the older movies have.

I love your work, but really wish you would show a brief clip at the start or even a side by side of the original footage so we can see how amazing this is.

The coloring is very good Artistic & spectacular Very beautiful

The suspense is amazing

I love the way they painted the eyes back then, very theatrical

Since most of the cables are attached to the chair would not the chair have been transformed as opposed to the android?

Concept great and such a brilliant film for the time.

I heard this movie is going to public domain in January 1 of 2023, such an amazing film

I remember seeing a clip of this scene in one of those CD encyclopedias in the early 2000s. As a kid I was creeped out lol. And I still don't know what this movie is about.

@vilangel78

Жыл бұрын

La película trata sobre la dominación de la voluntad humana. Ingeniería social. Una sociedad de hombres masificados, sin capacidad de reacción ante el abuso y tiranía del poder. Metrópolis está hoy más vigente que nunca. Una producción muy adelantada a su tiempo. Saludos cordiales desde Pontevedra (España 🇪🇦)

@kaashlia

Жыл бұрын

Slaves robots which are the actual aims of the WEF with Humans.

@diormilk9977

Жыл бұрын

oh my god i was just thinking this when i saw the thumbnail but can't remember what it was called

@MiniLinlin

Жыл бұрын

@@vilangel78 Interesante. Gracias por la información.

@MiniLinlin

Жыл бұрын

@@diormilk9977 Ikr. A memory was unlocked today.

The Simpsons should do a version Metropolis as one of their Halloween episode segments. Marge is Maria. Mr Burns is head of the city. Comic book guy as the mad scientist?

Riveting. I felt the impact of that. Her eyes were unforgettable. Kudos for the music. It was perfect.

This is the masterpiece of a movie and the performance!

When I caught my first glimpse of the android C3P0 from "Star Wars," I thought, "The RoboTrix from 'Metropolis.'" I saw bits and pieces of this remarkable Silent when I was a kid. The imagery has never left me. Some of the flying machines and the buildings of Metropolis reminded me of certain artwork in the pages of "Omni" magazine. Some of the scenes from this film served as blueprints for visuals for later Sci-Fi films such as "Blade Runner." Whilst I'm not a fan of colourised films, this version is so very well done.

5:35 for gwad swakes! I'm so uncultured. That music was in Ocean software's 1990 Atari STe game Epic, if I recall. Beautiful music and basic 3D worked well.

There's a lot to love here. It's amazing to see even a few minutes of this groundbreaking film, especially when you consider how the full version was thought to have been lost forever. However I feel that full colourisation is asking too much from the original material. Despite the first rate restoration by DeutsheKino there are still corruptions in the print which the AI tech can't cope with. Due to the amount of restoration work required with some of this old nitrate stock it's always going to be an issue. So, perhaps less is more? A monochrome or solid tint upscale would be so much more stable & would also be very fitting for a movie of that era. Plus the original lighting, film stock & make up were selected & balanced to work from black to white. Colour was never even a consideration, as it was never intended it can lead to issues when it gets added. I'd love to see this the way contemporary audiences would have. Clear & stable, projected at 24fps. A crisp 720p restoration would do the restored material justice without asking too much of any digitisation. I think that would be beautiful & about as close to Lang's original vision as we'll ever get. Anyway, just the opinions of a cinephile & former film student.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

Жыл бұрын

Color didn't create issues in movies that were color, but yes, the B&W series of nickelodeons were heavily inspired to bounce off of the point of it pretending to have the idea of color.

Holy crap that was amazing!

This is so amazing and timeless

An amazing film, I wonder what the audiences of 1927 would have made of it? The effects still hold up today (sort of) a hundred years on....

I love the music and the way Maria starts walking @6:02

I watched this video clip 5 or 6 time. I absolutely love the way you restored it. It’s a fascinating piece and your work brought it to life. Soooo….are there any plans to do the whole movie?

Way better than movies of today.👍👍👍👍

My very last paper I wrote before graduated in May of 2022, was on this movie. I wrote about it's elements of capturing the Expressionist movement and how it represented a lot of elements of post-World War 1. The movie emphasizes fear and the unknown elements that many Germans experienced during the war and afterward. The darkness was portrayed very well for it's time and I noticed this movie even set the tone for future Science Fiction works like Star Wars and Star Trek.

Splendide, merci

Great scene and score!

good selection of music

I love this film. So ahead of it's time that it still translates to today. I love the Fifth Element and now I know why. Lol 🎥🎞📽🎬

The music is incredible.

Un ejemplo más de su excelente trabajo. Felicitaciones por tan magnífica pieza.