must-see movie: metropolis.

on friday night, 20.30 european time ( berlin ), it was time to re-premiere the reconstructed science-fiction-thriller-romance movie 'metropolis'.

and what a premiere it was!
i was totally blown away. i've watched metropolis before but it never had such good picture quality and of course one quarter of the movie always missed.
they found a movie strip in argentinia a couple of years ago and after quite some reconstructing now only 8 minutes of the movie are missing.

i can't explain properly what this movie is made of. i will try.
this movie is one of the most pioneering and inspirational movies ever.
it had so much impact on a whole lot of people: directors, musicians, actors, designers.
(clearly you remember the post where i mentioned mr. karl lagerfeld portraying toni garrn)
there was an 80ies version of the movie as well, with music from bonnie tyler, queen and several other artists. ( i like the version with the original music better, but this version is also quite an experience ).

i say, that you have to watch this magnificient, mindblowing, beautiful film at least once in your lifetime!
you have to see gorgeous brigitte helm's outrageous mimics, indulge yourself in gustav fröhlich's attractive and swell appearance and enjoy the marvellous things that happen in this space utopia ( that isn't quite the utopia anymore as it was in 1926 ).

( find some story information here )

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november: kickelhahn, himmelblau & weimar cemetery.

i had a week off in november and visited my parents ( as i often do on my vacations ). on a sunday morning we headed to the thuringian forest to climb onto the peak of the kickelhahn mountain. the kickelhahn mountain is the landmark mountain of the city of ilmenau . johann wolfgang von goethe , the famous writer & philosopher, often visited ilmenau and also climbed the kickelhahn. oftentimes he stopped at a little hut in the woods to relax for a while and on one of these stops he wrote one of his most known poems. our little adventure didn't last the whole day, though, as we had a little date with the weimar cemetery to look after the grave of my grandparents and then to visit my cousin and his family. tiny peek onto the kickelhahn tower. thuringian woods - deep dark green. at the goethe hut. this plate shows the german version of the poem goethe wrote here. inside the hut. and here's the english translation. i love this poem so much, as ...

in the forests.

it's that time of the year again.

july '20: lake petersdorf discoveries and a plea against genocide.

the green wild meadows of malchow's sandfeld. in the west of malchow there is a big chunk of forest that spans towards plauer see, a widely 'uncultivated' area these days, but it hasn't always been this way. in my last post i mentioned the nazi munition factory that had been built in these woods, away from prying eyes of their enemies and where they also built an external subcamp for the concentration camp ravensbrück. exactly these woods we explored on a pretty sunny day, betraying the darkness that happened around these parts. isn't it weird that there are places in this world that were built or used by dark forces and horrible regimes and you vist them 80 years later and they are the most peaceful places you can imagine? sometimes my brain can't cope with the contrast of knowing what was in the past and what the present looks and feels like. it definitely leaves me with a strange impression often, kind of like a little sting in my heart and brain that is not ...

ghost of nature.

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