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A QUICK TEST EXTRACT (NO SOUND) OF A PROJECT I'M WORKING ON. THIS WILL BE A 3/4 DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION OF THE 1993 USA NETWORKS VERSION OF FRITZ LANG'S 1927 FUTURISTIC MASTERPIECE "METROPOLIS." IT WAS PRESENTED ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE DISAPPEARING ALTOGETHER. THEY EVEN AIRED IT AS PART OF THEIR CHRISTMAS DAY "SILENT CINEMA MARATHON" IN 1993. IT WAS HOSTED BY RENOWNED FILM CRITIC JEFFREY LYONS. OVER THE PAST DECADE, I HAVE CONTACTED ALMOST EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THEIR PRODUCTION TO NO AVAIL.
IN PREPARING FOR THIS RESTORATION, I'M UTILIZING A 90MIN. PRINT OF THE FILM (ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME PRINT SHOWN ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL), DIGITAL COLOR-TINTING TECHNIQUES (THE VERSION SHOWN ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL WAS COLOR-TINTED), UTILIZING THE GIORGIO MORODER VERSION AS A COLOR-TINTING GUIDE (ALTHOUGH MOST COLOR-TINTS WILL BE CHANGED BY EITHER: PERSONAL PREFERENCE OR COLOR-TINTS USED IN THE SCI-FI CHANNEL VERSION). THE EXACT TYPEFACE FONT WILL BE USED IN RE-CREATING THE DIGITAL INTERTITLES. FINALLY, AN ANALOG VHS TAPE SOURCE WILL BE THE SOLE BASIS FOR THE AUDIO SOUNDTRACK AS COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER RIFE NO LONGER HAS, NOR DOES HE KNOW, THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE MASTER TAPES.
I HOPE YOU'LL LIKE THIS PROJECT WHEN IT'S FINISHED! IT'S TAKEN ME ALMOST 30 YEARS TO GET THIS FAR...LOL!
THANK YOU,
JONATHAN