Picked this off the Submerge website:
March 5, 2002
Sounds of the Metropolis < Jeff Mills to Moderate Detroit Screening
DETROIT < Metropolis, director Fritz Lang¹s iconoclastic vision of the
future, is a paragon of science fiction cinema. Originally released in 1927,
the film has a found a resonant voice in the 21st century, juxtaposed with
an electronic soundtrack produced by Jeff Mills. An exclusive viewing of
Metropolis accompanied by Mill¹s orchestral interpretation will take place
in three showings Sat. April 20 at the Metroplex Room located in the newly
refurbished Submerge headquarters, 3000 E. Grand Blvd. Following the
screenings, Mills will be available for comments and questions.
Mills weaves chord progressions and effects with Lang¹s social commentary <
the metropolis < where workers revolt, soulless machines crank and robots
morph into people. The 2000 production debuted at the Centre de Pompidou in
Paris last year. The film has since been screened in Japan, Spain, Germany,
Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, and Turkey. Detroit is the second
American city to premiere Mills¹ rendition of Metropolis.
A native Detroiter, Mills is an icon in the field of electronic music. Known
for his futuristic productions and DJing agility, he first gained notoriety
as the "Wizard" on Detroit radio in theO80s. Inspired by the emerging
Detroit techno scene, Mills teamed up with Mike Banks to form Underground
Resistance. Together they conceived a sound that epitomized the landscape of
Detroit. Mills eventually moved on to pursue his flourishing DJ career, and
quickly became the world¹s most-in -demand DJ. Though he had left Detroit,
Mills was drawn back to the studio. He founded Axis Records in the '90s,
creating music that changed the course of dance music rhythmic patterns.
Expounding on the notion of turntablism, Mills initiated his second label
Purpose Maker. In 1999, Mills launched his third label, Tomorrow, as a forum
for exploration in electronic thought. With the soundtrack¹s release, Mills
is a maestro to an original science fiction work of art, incorporating the
expressionism and Bauhaus techniques. Metropolis fell into narrow window of
time in Weimar Germany shortly before the Nazi party demolished this
thriving culture. The original release set the course for films such as the
Star Wars trilogy, capturing the public¹s thirst for special effects.
Mills¹ version is not the first attempt to add an aural landscape to
Metropolis. Gottried Huppertz first developed a score for the 1927 showing.
More recently, Georgio Moroder's 1984 soundtrack enhanced the color version.
What Mills has achieved is an alignment with the original style balanced
within a format for the future. As Lang said in a 1927 interview. "Film has
an advantage over all other expressive forms: its freedom from space, time,
and place." Mills, who will release to new cuts this spring, has stretched
the boundaries of Lang¹s perceived time space continuum.
Showings at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. with a reception following at
Submerge. Admission is free. For more information, www.axisrecords.com.
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