as per the request of my reading list, a fresh viewing of "the wizard of oz" proved a necessity this christmas. having not seen the film for at least ten years i had forgotten just how vivid and downright great a film it is. as a fan of the work of murnau and lang i was amazed to realise that ''the wizard of oz'' came just 12 years after lang's "metropolis" and murnau's "sunrise", which is surprising considering the technical progression between the films. according to one of the many documentaries on the dvd, "the wizard of oz'' is the most seen film in history. madness.
