I love old silent movies and few are as revered and respected as Fritz Lang’s masterpiece Metropolis. I've seen the film several times since discovering it in university but always look forward to a rescoring. Recently I was aware of Ghoststalker and his editing and re-scoring of Metropolis. I watched it and would highly recommend it as it covers the main beats and themes of the film but in a carefully edited and musically aligned way.
Anime Architecture Exhibition at the House of Illustration
The House of Illustration is a great gallery that holds some wonderful exhibitions. I've been to a few but when I heard that they were going to be holding the UK’s first ever exhibition of handmade background illustrations for classic sci-fi manga and anime films, including works from Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Patlabor: The Movie and Metropolis I was sold! I was a huge manga nerd in my teens and so the chance to see some of the original artwork is too good to miss out on.
The exhibition will run from 26 May to 10 Sep 2017 and I will definitely be going. The link to purchase tickets are below.