Extended Reading
  • Jeanne 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    It is unimaginable that such a grand film could be made in 1927. One of Fritz Lang's expressionist masterpieces. Strong chiaroscuro, disturbing horror close-ups, parallel montages and other elements directly influenced later horror films and film noirs. The forward-looking idea of ​​man-machine integration has been repeatedly cited in many subsequent sci-fi movies. The architectural design in Metropolis is very postmodern and surreal.

  • Bertha 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    MOMA Rooftop, restored version, live soundtrack by Shanshui Records. Electronic music brings a sense of the future of the moment, a strange and unusual form that associates the highly developed, abstract industrial-class society with the electronic age. Electronic music is depersonalized, but integrated. It amplifies the effect in emotional scenes and becomes unstable in dialogue. Needless to say, the greatness of the film itself, the people will always be blind and hot.

Metropolis quotes

  • The Machine Man: [disguised as Maria] Women and men, let no one miss today - ! Death to the machines - !

  • Moving Title Card: Deep below - the earth's surface - lay the worker's city.