Silent Movie

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

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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

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