Not So Silent

Last night, the Blinding Light Cinema was showing Fritz Lang's superb Metropolis with live accompaniment by the Eye of Newt Collective.

Quite a few versions of the movie have been released since its original screening in 1927. We saw Georgio Moroder's 87 minute colour-tinted cut (Lang's own ran 3.5 hours), which was pretty great.

Having heard some Eye of Newt stuff earlier, I thought it would go well a 1920's perspective on a future dystopia.

It didn't.

I doubt if the Eye had seen the film more than twice. The Collective clearly had a hard time deciphering things like plot and climax, or even scene change.

The music got more and more masturbatory as the evening went on. At some point, they abandoned the film altogether and wanked freely without shame.

Perhaps they should rent the film again and spend a little more time figuring out what the film is about rather than what it looks like.