Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA From: FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Metropolis Message-ID: <12536@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 22:53:35 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12536 Posted: Thu Aug 16 22:53:35 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 02:39:22 EDT Lines: 14 Most reissues of Metropolis contain the original cuts (a demonstration that the absence of a thing is as real as its presence?) The main victims are the introduction, which shows a '30s view of Olympic training, replete with overt Naziism and repressed homosexuality; and the erotic dance of the golem (Brigitte Helm). American censors usually removed another sequence, in which a giant machine (Capitalism) is seen as Moloch devouring helpless humans (Labor) [ First Amendment? - a mere piece of paper, Herr President ]. If you get the chance, SEE an uncut Metropolis. The sound-track problem is susceptible to a technical solution - take ear muffs! -------