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Metropolis (1927) – Silent Movie

May 8, 2026

Metropolis (1927) – Dance Scene – Silent with music added, colorized – 4:41
Directed by Fritz Lang

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“The false Maria in Lang’s film is an evil being representing science and technology out of control–a female version of Frankenstein’s destructive creature who menaces society.“
– Neugraphic

Metropolis (1927) – Full Movie – Silent with music added, colorized – 2:25:00
Directed by Fritz Lang

Workers robotically heading into the factory

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“The movie has a plot that defies common sense, but its very discontinuity is a strength. It makes “Metropolis” hallucinatory–a nightmare without the reassurance of a steadying story line. Few films have ever been more visually exhilarating.”
– Roger Ebert

The Space Lady – Major Tom (2013) – Music Video

May 8, 2026May 7, 2026

The Space Lady
Major Tom – Live (2013) – 5:39

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“Busking was a means of survival for Dietrich in the 1970s. She and her late first husband Joel Dunsany—who went by the stage name The Cosmic Man—were draft-card-burners who went underground, obscuring their identities, cutting ties to family, and hitchhiking to different cities. Panhandling and busking was their only path toward income.”
– Bandcamp

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The Monks – Complication (1966) – Music Video

May 7, 2026May 6, 2026

The Monks
Complication – Live (1966) – 2:30

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“The Monks may be the strangest group ever to take form. Five American ex-servicemen stationed in Germany in the sixties, all dressed in black with heads shaved like monks. This was radical stuff for Germany 1965-66. Coupled with their violent, near-insane music it’s beyond radical for ’66, ’76 or even ’96.”
– Ugly Things

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A Trip to the Moon (1902) – Silent Movie

May 5, 2026May 4, 2026

A Trip to the Moon (1902) – Silent with music added, colorized – 12:52
Director – Georges Méliès

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“Who would have believed that in the early days Méliès, like his contemporaries, was reduced to cutting his films into sections in a bucketful of developer; then, still in the developer, joining them together; then joining together the longer sections after drying!“
– British Film Institute