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MFAH Film Revivals: The Complete Metropolis 
September 2-September 6, 2010
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Film Revivals. Enjoy these classics from the history of world cinema. The MFAH presents the newly restored version of Fritz Lang´s science-fiction masterpiece, Metropolis over Labor Day weekend.
The Complete Metropolis
Directed by Fritz Lang
Germany, 1927
|Black & White
148 Minutes
Silent with English subtitles.
In Metropolis, a towering city of the future, society is divided between the working class and the city planners. The only son of the city´s ruler falls in love with a working-class girl who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
In 2008, an essentially complete copy of Fritz Lang´s silent science-fiction masterpiece Metropolis was discovered by a Buenos Aires museum curator. The complete copy was considerably longer than any existing print. It included not only additional scenes, but twenty-five minutes of "lost" footage, about a fifth of the film, that had not been seen since its Berlin debut eighty years ago.
This discovery spearheaded another restoration of the film; the Argentine footage is clearly identifiable because so much of the damage remains. The unintended benefit is that the found footage provides convenient earmarks to the recently reintegrated scenes.
"The work on the restoration teaches us once more that no restoration is ever definitive," says film restorer Anne Wilkening.
This film is part of the Revival film series.
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77006 -
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Tickets:
$7 General Admission
$6 Matinee Admission
$1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID
Free Children 5 and under
Free Film Buffs members
$60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$3 Family Flicks Admission
$2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with IDPlease note:
The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card.Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office.
The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films.
Info Phone: 713-639-7300
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September 2-September 6, 2010Times:
Show Times:
Thu., Sep. 2 7:00 PM
Fri., Sep. 3 7:00 PM
Sat., Sep. 4 7:00 PM
Sun., Sep. 5 5:00 PM
Mon., Sep. 6 2:00 PM -
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