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- Directed by Fritz Lang, the father of science fiction film, Metropolis is set in the dystopian future of 2000, where hyper-capitalism has taken over society, perpetuating a brutal class divide.
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6 days ago · Metropolis. Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang. The great future city of Metropolis in the film is inhabited by two distinct classes: the industrialists live off the fat of the land, supported by the workers who live under the city and endure a bare-bones existence of backbreaking work.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Made in Germany during the Weimar period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city master, and Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen, the city master.
- 10 January 1927
- Gottfried Huppertz
- 5.3 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ (estimated) (equivalent to €21 million 2021)
- Erich Pommer
Lang uses strong metaphors to explore both this idea and the treatment of the workers in Metropolis. Think again about Freder’s ‘Heart Machine’ nightmare sequence in the film. 1. How are tension and anxiety created in this sequence and how does this impact on the meaning behind the sequence? 2.
Feb 10, 2022 · An archetype of the German Expressionist movement, Metropolis was birthed in the travails of Germany’s cataclysmic defeat in the First World War. From the start, Fritz Lang's Metropolis was a controversial, enigmatic, and ultimately incomplete entity. Its director added to the movie’s legend.
- Sam Stephens
Stirred by the visionary power of "Dark City," I revisited Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" and once again fell under its eerie spell. The movie has a plot that defies common sense, but its very discontinuity is a strength. It makes "Metropolis" hallucinatory--a nightmare without the reassurance of a steadying story line.
Dec 25, 2022 · The production required the construction of enormous sets, along with dozens of miniature models and matte paintings. Together, they would be used to create the illusion of a living, breathing city in the 21st Century. An iconic shot from “Metropolis” (1927) depicting the city of the future.
Setting: A combination of New York and Paris; New York from the scale and look of the buildings (monolithic sky scrapers) and Paris for the long boulevards leading to a focal point (Tower of Babel) and also the Cathedral, which is modelled similarly to Notre Dame. It’s only a model.
