Tag: Metropolis

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has exciting news for fans of “Metropolis,” a signature moment in sci-fi film and a true classic of silent-movie era. This is a longer version of his recent Los Angeles Times Calendar article.   Can anything be more satisfying than finding the last missing pieces to a puzzle, the critical elements that make the whole thing make sense at last? Turning the discovery even sweeter is finding those precious pieces after more than 80 years of fruitless searching, which is why the theatrical release of the newly reconstituted “Metropolis” has electrified the early-film world. As of this past Friday, audiences will be able to see how good it is that what was lost was found, will understand why one grateful expert has said this is “akin to recovering lost books of the Bible. For the ...