dear boing boing,

You omited to mention that the footage was discovered in Buenos Aires. An article in today's Clarín newspaper (in spainsh: http://www.revistaenie.clarin.com/notas/2008/07/04/01708539.html) explains that what was found was a version of Metropolis in 16 mm, reduced from the original 35 mm version that was shown in Buenos Aires in 1928.

Apparently what happened was that in Argentina the original version was shown whereas in the rest of the world an edited U.S. distribution version was circulated.

Dear BoingBoing,

If you have not seen it, you may be interested in this: M. John Harrison writes in his blog aboout "worldbuilding".

http://uzwi.wordpress.com/worldbuilding-further-notes/

I also deeply enjoyed his post titled "How I write":

http://uzwi.wordpress.com/how-i-write/

wherin he states:

"Everything goes into the computer. It spends several years inside, like a character from Nova Swing, shifting location, attempting escape, undergoing recombination, transformation, cannibalism, verdigris, duplication, interrogation, prolapse. I rake through the files most days, looking for connections. Eventually even the gnarliest and most idiolectic bits and pieces give up what they know. Light, written in 2001, begins with a barely-modified note, including verbatim quotes, scribbled down in 1994 during an academic dinner in Leicester."

Kind Regards,

Andrés

Dear Xeni,

What software do you use to edit your video?

Many Thanks,

Andres