My last 2 weekends have been spent at the Cambridge Film, my 2nd I think after about 4 or so years break. There no time last year and no good films I really wanted to see and before I just lived too far away.
This year I got to see a recompiled “re-discovery” edition of Metropolis which made me think a fair amount about the reason it was cut in the first place and for once I can actually understand why some films that are aimed for general consumption need to be cut. The film is beyond bloated to the point of tiredness and incoherence, it does not actually detract from the overall experience of “Metropolis” at all but it’s much finer film with the cuts included. I wish I could write why this film is so important but the words epic, timeless and testament to modern science fiction should do fine.
The cut edition is on google at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD_-flw9IcQ if you have yet to see the film.
Secondly I got to see all of the short films of Roy Andersson including Something Happened and World of Glory. To see them in a cinema was deeply disturbing but worth sitting through his very tame student films in order to do so.
