Missing scenes from Metropolis discovered in Argentina

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Could this be the sci-fi movie fanatic's event of the decade?

Article from Zeit online: LINK

I've only seen bits of the original, but (hopefully) being to see the entire thing will be great. Anyone else excited by this?
 
There is a DVD available, but only showing a 're-creation'. :)

http://www.amazon.com/TCM-Archives-...ef=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1216237547&sr=1-2

"You also receive the photo gallery/continuity-script recreation of 1927's "London After Midnight". After 1930, the negative and print of "London After Midnight" was stored away in vault 7 at MGM. The print, still in good shape, was viewed along with Tod Browning's sound re-make, "Mark of the Vampire", in 1935. The last known record of the film was in a note in the studio files in 1955. Twenty years later, a fire in vault 7, caused by ignition of improperly stored nitrate film, destroyed the last known print and original negative. "London After Midnight" is the most famous "lost film" of all time. "
 
Have found a further Video report (this time from Euronews, July 2009) on the restoration, looks like it should be complete by Jan 2010.
 
It also aired on a German/French TV channel in HD simultaneously with the premiere, and as such is now available "if you know where to look" (though not in HD...yet). Think i'll wait for the Blu Ray though. Apparently the new Argentinian scenes suffer from a lot of visual damage when compared to the rest of the film, but i'm still hankering to see the full version of this masterpiece (supposedly the only scene now missing was one on the end of a reel that was too damaged to salvage, but other than that this is the full version that's not been seen in over 80 years!).
 
I have it, haven't actually got 'round to seeing it yet though. It was shown at a special screening in germany, and broadcast on a german TV station. Well, this is what I'm assuming from what I have seen, so far, a woman introducing it from the theatre lobby, lots of people in a very posh theatre with the full orchestra at the front warming up, then we get the intro text about the lost footage having been found in Argentina, and it's re-intsating. Saw the first couple of minutes and all looks good. I'll watch it real soon, it clocks on at almost 2 and a half hours, and the picture quality looks good. The version here has the dialogue screens in german with English subtitles. It's not HD, but apparently will be released on Bluray later this year.

Edit: Sorry, read all the previous posts, it is from the ArteTV showing.
 
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