Swing Time (1936)

Lingering in the empty art deco nightclub in which they had performed, the duo dances a farewell, moving through a dramatic sequence of choreography which re-enacts their affair. Musical themes and dance styles are reprised from earlier in the film. Critic Arlene Croce called the number “the supreme dramatic event of the [Astaire-Rogers] series, a duet moving through a succession of darkening emotions and abrupt rhythmic changes in which we see unfolded in dance the story of the film.” The scene was filmed as a continuous shot, with only one cut. Forty takes were necessary for the climax, a difficult set of rapid turns performed by Rogers.

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January 10, 1927 — Fritz Lang’s Metropolis premieres in Berlin. “Ah, that’s Brigitte Helm in Metropolis. God, she was beautiful! Metropolis, you know, was born from my first sight of the skyscrapers of New York in October 1924, and then I took myself to Hollywood where UFA sent me to study American production methods. It was terribly hot that season… In any case, while visiting New York, I thought it was the crossroads of multiple and confused human forces, blinded and knocking into one another, in an irresistible desire for exploitation, and living in perpetual anxiety. I spent an entire day walking the streets. The buildings seemed to be a vertical sail, scintillating and very light, a luxurious backdrop, suspended in the dark sky to dazzle, distract and hypnotize. At night, the city did not simply give the impression of living: it lived as illusions live. I knew I should make a film about these impressions.” — Fritz Lang, 1965
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January 10, 1927 — Fritz Lang’s Metropolis premieres in Berlin.

“Ah, that’s Brigitte Helm in Metropolis. God, she was beautiful! Metropolis, you know, was born from my first sight of the skyscrapers of New York in October 1924, and then I took myself to Hollywood where UFA sent me to study American production methods. It was terribly hot that season… In any case, while visiting New York, I thought it was the crossroads of multiple and confused human forces, blinded and knocking into one another, in an irresistible desire for exploitation, and living in perpetual anxiety. I spent an entire day walking the streets. The buildings seemed to be a vertical sail, scintillating and very light, a luxurious backdrop, suspended in the dark sky to dazzle, distract and hypnotize. At night, the city did not simply give the impression of living: it lived as illusions live. I knew I should make a film about these impressions.” — Fritz Lang, 1965

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Leon’s reflection in Holden’s eye (Tyrell Corp, interrogation room)

Original storyboards from ‘Blade Runner’  

The website Ridleyville is run by an England-based gentleman who is a massive Blade Runner collector. He owns everything that’s featured on his site, including these wonderful storyboards from the film.

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Original storyboards from ‘Blade Runner’ cinephilearchive.tumblr.com/post/378473797…

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