'The Legacy of Metropolis' Article

The good people at the English and Media Centre have just put up the details of MediaMagazine Issue 31, The Fantasy Issue, on their website.

If you click on the full contents list you will see a familiar name by an article called 'The Legacy of Metropolis'. Yup, that's me, spouting my knowledge of all things dystopian.

I'm waiting to get my copy in the post; I am very excited to see how it looks as they've apparently peppered the article with fabulous film stills.

It is absurdly timely, as Metropolis (1927) has just been shown for the first time in its restored glory at the Berlin Film Festival. The original film had been severely edited on its release in an attempt to please the critics (it didn't) and the missing footage had been languishing in an Argentinian film archive for 80 years until its re-discovery in July 2008.

Now we can finally see the extent of Fritz Lang's genius. I can't wait to see the full version. (And my article!)

Out of Print

Nik Perring originally blogged about the wonderful Out Of Print T-Shirt collection...
... But now they've added women's sizes and I do believe my birthday is coming up!

I could wear this whilst writing my dystopian novel. Oh, yes, I've gone back to writing it, more on that later. Also, I have an article coming out about dystopian films and Metropolis. More on that later, too. All very exciting.

So, basically, don't you think it would make a rather wonderful work uniform? I could even add an 'employee of the month' badge if I've been good.

ADDED: I just read this on their website: For each shirt we sell, one book is donated to a community in need through our partner Books For Africa.
What lovely people.