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-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 08:19:20 -0700 (PDT) > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: RE: Metropolis versions > > Jessica - even the Kino Collector's Version I purchased in 1996? (just > kidding! ;) > > Becky Tatar > Unit Head, Periodicals, Audiovisual > Aurora Public Library > 1 E. Benton Street > Aurora, IL 60505 > PHONE: 630-264-4100 > FAX: 630-896-3209 > www.aurora.lib.il.us > E-mail: bltata@aurora.lib.il.us > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jessica Rosner [mailto:jrosner@kino.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:01 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Metropolis versions > > > ALL The Current Versions are Bad and in fact all are also ILLEGAL > Kino just signed a deal to release the real & restored on VHS & DVD but it > will not be till early 2002. We are releasing in THEATERS first beginning on > July 28 in New York > Frankly we JUST signed the contract and the owners of the film , Transit > Films of Germany did NOTHING to stop the oodles of bootleg copies anyway > Needless to say we will but it is going to take a LONG time to get rid of > them. I suspect most of the PD companies releasing them, don't know and > don't want to know it is illegal. The WORST by far is the DVD out from > MADACY an EVIL, BOOTLEG company that releases Lots and lots of illegal films > in very bad quality > > so please be patient and wait till around January and you will be able to > get a restored print which has been a major project for a decade or more > Alas parts of the film from its very FIRST release in 1927 are lost forever > but the version runs around 148 minutes and has the ORIGINAL orchestral > score > > Jessica > -- > Jessica Rosner > Kino International > 333 W 39th St. 503 > NY NY 10018 > jrosner@kino.com > >> From: "Mike Boedicker" <mboedicker@hotmail.com> >> Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu >> Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:36:58 -0700 (PDT) >> To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> >> Subject: Metropolis versions >> >> There seem to be a billion versions of Lang's Metropolis available. Which >> one is considered the best? (i.e. best print, transfer, and preferably w/o > a >> rock score). It appears that the only DVD version available is awful, so > I >> guess I'll have to go with VHS. Anyone know of plans to release a decent >> DVD? >> >> Thanks as always! >> >> Mike >> >> Mike Boedicker >> Audiovisual Director & Webmaster >> Danville Public Library >> 319 N. Vermilion, Danville, IL 61832 >> (217) 477-5223 ext. 123 / Fax: (217) 477-5230 >> mboedicker@hotmail.com >> http://www.danville.lib.il.us >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >>