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 WET GECKO: METROPOLIS (PART ONE) 19.45 Weds 1st October
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 23-08-2025 09:10
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Get set for more than a modicum of Modernism, a bit of Bauhaus, an Art Deco overload and much more besides as we set our controls for the heart of the big, big city... For your convenience, link added below to my post from yesterday. Reminder: we'll be disembarking at 1:20:16 to protect ourselves from retro-futureshock. CHANGE OF PLAN for our ZWEITER SESH - PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR DETAILS!!! A Most Cordial Invitation... The Weimar-Era Teutonic/German Experimental Cinema (Kino) Official (WET GECKO) Rewatch Club invites you, most cordially, to watch more weird stuff from Weimar Germany… With hyperinflation kicking in, extremists fighting in the streets, the Eton crop ruling the roost hairstyle-wise (even among some women) and the de-doo-doo-Dadaists bamboozling the bourgeoisie with what art critics refer to as ‘odd sh*t’, it’s high time we escaped for a choc ice and a little light cinematic relief. Unfortunately, we’re watching 1924’s Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) so the light relief may prove elusive and you may be needing more than one choc ice. Yes, those cabinet-crazy wacky Weimar guys serve up another wacko Expressionist masterpiece to take our minds off the even wackier French occupation of the Ruhr. Viewing Time: 19.45 (those numbers have got a certain ring to them, though I can’t for the life of me think why). Wednesday 1st October. Oh, BST and all that. Synopsis: Described as “a dark, thrilling silent fantasy classic”, this anthology sees a writer recruited by the owner of a waxworks to drum up some trade by penning a few yarns about key exhibits – who just happen to be the Caliph of Baghdad, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. As we say in Darmstadt, was könnte possibly wrong gehen? But fear not, fright fans. There are some funny bits too! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1zO...N1zOsMK50g After the Viewing... Rewatchers will be required to pose for their own waxwork model, adopting the persona of a historical character of their choice. NB: I've already bagsied Leif the Lucky, Norse discoverer of America. Or Queen Isabella of Castille. Depends what mood I'm in. I suggest you 'reserve' a character asap, to avoid disappointment. Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 01-10-2025 07:26 |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 24-08-2025 16:33
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After the Viewing... Rewatchers will be required to pose for their own waxwork model, adopting the persona of a historical character of their choice. NB: I've already bagsied Leif the Lucky, Norse discoverer of America. Or Queen Isabella of Castille. Depends what mood I'm in. I suggest you 'reserve' a character asap, to avoid disappointment Well this reminds me of Monty Python: If I were not before the bar Something else I'd like to be If I were not a barr-is-ter An engine driver me! With a chuffchuffchuff... If I were not a 20th/21st century person Someone else I'd like to be If I were not a silly ass Boudicca of the Iceni me With a stab stab stab and a bash bash bash.... 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 24-08-2025 20:07
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Gawds, OSP, I started singing the John Cleese bit from Python you posted. Funny!
Resist the Host
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| Paula |
Posted on 24-08-2025 20:13
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Ah, I was wondering where you came up with Wet Gecko! All nicely explained. So after this bit of Weimar Germanic Fluff, we can tune in and watch House of Wax with Vincent Price just for giggles and guffaws? Right..... Don't think I've ever seen this one. Can't wait? Resist the Host
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 24-08-2025 21:01
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This is all going rather well! All hail Boudicca. Let's raze a settlement! And House of Wax - great shout! |
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| Taiellin |
Posted on 27-08-2025 08:34
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This is going to be interesting. As far as I understand, we will see Ivan the Terrible. I don't like that Grozny is translated that way. Grozny is more like severe, stern, but not terrible. Anyway it doesn't matter now. Can I also suggest a movie? I would like to watch with you the Soviet movie Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession. It is a comic science fiction movie about Ivan the Terrible. I think you will get interested. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 27-08-2025 09:11
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Can I also suggest a movie? I would like to watch with you the Soviet movie Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession. It is a comic science fiction movie about Ivan the Terrible. I think you will get interested. Sounds like perfect material for a Thursday night rewatch. Maybe suggest it when we wrap up Robin Hood next week? I think it would get a very positive response from 'the gang'. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 08-09-2025 13:31
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ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG, BABY! ALTERATION TO OUR FLUGPLAN! Yesterday abend, WET GECKO’s Sonderunterausschuss für Stuff (Special Subcommittee for Stuff) secreted itself secretively in a secret hideaway near the Battenburg Gate for some secret secretive discussions held in secret. Afterwards, during a foray to the Damenklub Violetta for a Tizer or acht, members also decided to (temporarily) put the weirdy Waxworks on the backburner (will they melt?) and watch Fritz Lang’s iconic 1927 meisterwerk METROPOLIS – seizing the opportunity presented by the current availability of the super-duper 150-minute version on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/_q25QpZXfoU?si=dYvRw...xsVem3PJbU It’ll be a game of two halves. (Over the moon. Sick as a parrot. Definitely a penalty, no two ways about it... etc etc) PART 1 (stopping at 1:20:16)*: 7.45pm BST, Weds Oct 1st PART 2 (starting at 1:20:17 and stopping at the end, obvs): 7.45pm BST, Weds Oct 8th (or 15th if that’s a problem) * A cut-off point selected after literally moments of careful deliberation by WET GECKO’s newly appointed Delegate for Hasty/Arbitrary Decisions, Reichsminister EinSparenParten, and instantly ratified by someone else. SEE YOU THERE, MASCHINENMENSCHEN!!! |
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| Paula |
Posted on 08-09-2025 19:03
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Got it. Metropolis it is.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-09-2025 20:51
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I'm really looking forward to watching Metropolis. Fantasically stylish.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 25-09-2025 08:42
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This is obviously going to ruin everything for you all I know, but I can't do Wednesdays. Sorry. I am involved in our local pantomime, and that's our rehearsal night for the forseeable. Have fun, guys, although I know you'll find it hard without me.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 26-09-2025 16:49
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This is obviously going to ruin everything for you all I know, but I can't do Wednesdays. Sorry. I am involved in our local pantomime, and that's our rehearsal night for the forseeable. Have fun, guys, although I know you'll find it hard without me. That's catastrophic. Can't you nudge the panto back to March? |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 29-09-2025 08:44
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Turns out I probably can't do Wednesday either. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-09-2025 10:47
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Hoping to make this now. Although, to maintain alphabetic equilibrium in M1's absence, maybe should switch to watching 'M' (1931) starring Peter Lorre, another Fritz Lang/Thea von Harbou classic. Just imagine: strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime. (On a morning from a Bogart movie, of course.) |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 30-09-2025 17:31
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Hoping to make this now. Although, to maintain alphabetic equilibrium in M1's absence, maybe should switch to watching 'M' (1931) starring Peter Lorre, another Fritz Lang/Thea von Harbou classic. Just imagine: strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime. (On a morning from a Bogart movie, of course.) Blimey if I was you I'd write cancelled on this post and start a new one if we're changing to something else. Better act quickly to avoid confusion. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-09-2025 19:14
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Better act quickly to avoid confusion. This is me acting fairly quickly. Sorry for any baffling puzzlement. I'd just been listening to Al Stewart and he (and his cat) is happy to take the blame. 'M' will keep. Just to confirm, WE'RE HEADING FOR THE METROPOLIS! But only up to 1:20:16 Handy fact: 'Metropolis' is an anagram of 'I'm OSPetrol'. Link: https://youtu.be/_q25QpZXfoU?si=dYvRw...xsVem3PJbU . Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 01-10-2025 07:29 |
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| Taiellin |
Posted on 01-10-2025 13:59
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I am really sorry, but I suppose I am going to miss this rewatch too. I will definitely join you tomorrow and the next week, but today I won't be able to do so. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 01-10-2025 14:31
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I'll be here. Have had a few thousand volts shot up my...well, never mind where. Looking forward to this very much.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:21
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Here we are, then. An October's day, towards eve-ning... Just time to flick through the 'lavish booklet' accompanying my DVD to get me properly in the metropolitan mood... |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:34
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The streets are eerily deserted. Am I alone? |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:41
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The streets are eerily deserted. Am I alone? Always. I have cued the film to where it credits Fritz lang as director as all the stuff before is....zzzzz...not needed....
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:42
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The streets are eerily deserted. Am I alone? Always. I have cued the film to where it credits Frutz lang as director as all the stuff before is....zzzzz...not needed.... Just letting it run through now. Avoiding all the stuff about this being the restored version incorporating additional footage discovered in Argentina (featuring gauchos, a lot of tangoing and a very young Diego Maradona) |
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:43
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The streets are eerily deserted. Am I alone? Everyone is Im Kino watching the movie.... . .  Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Paula |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:43
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Hello. I'm here.
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:44
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The streets are eerily deserted. Am I alone? Everyone in Im Kino watching the movie.... That's it! |
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:44
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Hello. I'm here. How can you be there when you're here.... How can I be here and be there? Where's Kirkegaard when we need him??? . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:44
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Excellent - one minute till das Starten. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:45
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DAS STARTEN! |
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:45
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Beginnen
. . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:45
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We starting?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:45
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We starting? Ja, angfangen . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:45
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Hello. I'm here. How can you be there when you're here.... How can I be here and be there? Where's Kirkegaard when we need him???
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:45
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Huppertz’s score is sensational btw and in my all-time top ten. |
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:46
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Is this the origin of Blue Cinema????
. . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:46
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Inside M1's potting shed |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:47
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It's stylish already.
Edited by OneSparePart on 01-10-2025 18:47 Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:47
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Horizon’s ‘missing’ members. Lost souls traumatised by lurking on Thursday rewatches. |
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:47
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Can you wax poetic about these wax figures? (and join the collective?) . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Brad |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:48
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Ivan the Terrible, brother of Igor the Not So Bad.
. . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 01-10-2025 18:48
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Can you wax poetic about these wax figures? (and join the collective?) I think we have a disconnect - are you watching Waxworks? |
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