Movies are not just awesome sci-fi scenes

Sophie 2022-04-23 07:01:40

1. In 1927, German filmmakers built such a fraudulent metropolitan scene. After 90 years, it is highly consistent and avant-garde with the current metropolis;

2. The proletariat lives in underground cities, and the rich enjoy a luxurious life on the ground. Seeing this setting, you will not be surprised by some sci-fi works and movies of later generations;

3. In the 1920s, the proletariat movement was rising all over the world, and violent movements were frequent, and the director pointed out the reasons for it;

4. In the director's vision, the class contradictions of the proletariat and capitalism can be coordinated, but they can never be integrated, so the film has the image of "coordinator";

5. The film was blocked by the German authorities as soon as it was produced. The 210-minute full version has not been restored yet, and the 10-year restored version with a quarter of the length was lost;

6. A few years after the film was released, the Nazis in Germany came to power and the whole people rioted. Thinking about it carefully, it's really ironic.

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  • Maria: HEAD and HANDS need a mediator. THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN HEAD AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!

    Worker #1: But where is our mediator, Maria - ?

    Maria: Wait for him! He will surely come!

    Worker #2: We will wait, Maria...! But not much longer - - !

  • Maria: Today I will tell you the legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL... "Come, let us build us a tower whose top may reach unto the stars! And the top of the tower we will write the words: Great is the world and its Creator! And great is Man!" But the minds that had conceived the Tower of Babel could not build it. The task was too great. So they hired hands for wages. But the hands that built the Tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses. People spoke the same language, but could not understand each other...