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After almost 80 years, one of the most famous films of German and in fact worldwide cinema may finally be restored! According to reports, the original version of Metropolis was 210 minutes or so long, but was severely cut when it went into worldwide release (by almost 25%).. Apparently a long lost copy from the early 1920’s has been in Buenos Aries all this time in the possesion of film collectors who where unaware of what they had in hand… Shamefully (having studied film in college, and even having taken a ’silent cinema’ class), this is a film I’ve never seen! The article goes on to state how much of the cryptic plot and odd flow of the film has been restored and character development previously confusing now makes sense and the vision and tempo of the original film are brilliant… Read the article for more (it’s just a really cool story…)