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As the title suggests, Metropolis owes a little to the Fritz Lang masterpiece, but this adaptation of Tezuka’s comic book stands alone as a well crafted, simply stunning work of cinema. Will Tima survive long enough to be shown to the masses of Metropolis and in any event, what will become of Metropolis in the wake?ĭestination Films has released the first anime title under its banner and their selection could have been much better, as it is Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis. As time passes, Tima forges a friendship with the nephew of a detective and while the two make an odd pair, they do have some common traits. Tima winds up beneath Metropolis however, within the endless labyrinth that would confuse anyone, even a highly intelligent robot such as Tima. As such, Rock has some plans of his own and they’re to find Tima, then demolish the robot beyond recognition. But Red Duke has a son named Rock and as it happens, Rock has an extreme distrust of robots, even though his own father is so closely involved in the process of robotic creation. Red Duke is about to reveal to Metropolis the most advanced robotic being of all time, a creation he calls Tima. Inside Metropolis, a chain of power is present like in any world and one of the most powerful leaders is Red Duke, who has some plans that could alter Metropolis forever.
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The only criticism would be the lack of a booklet and the rather bland DVD menus.Metropolis is a highly advanced, tri-level world filled with all the splendor technology can offer, with new additions being made all the time. Overall, this is a nice set without any disc space consuming extra’s. The 6 minute difference can possibly be explained by the Eureka versions running at 24 FPS (a feature of Blu-ray), while this version runs at 25 FPS. The Eureka Blu-ray releases of Metropolis are around 150 minutes. The duration of this version is about 144 minutes. Furthermore there is no visible ghosting, as the transfer was probably done per frame at 25 FPS. There are no noticeable MPEG artefacts in scenes with a lot of motion. Of course the 25 minutes of newly added footage, are cropped and of far lower quality, but the transitions are not too distracting.
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Even in the highly restored parts, one can still make out the film grain. Although on its premiere in the Netherlands in February 1927 the film was only deemed appropriate for 18 years and older! Also noteworthy is the Dutch classification of 12 years and up. Strangely perhaps the DVD menus and part of the sleeve text are in English. Both discs have optional Dutch and French subtitles, which is not uncommon as most Dutch releases are often aimed at both The Netherlands and Belgium. The film features the German intertitles and introduction text and the documentary is spoken in German.
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Although the cover art and DVD menus bear resemblance to the American Kino release, the contents of the DVDs are more similar to the European release by Eureka: Masters of Cinema.