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Einar 2022-04-23 07:01:40

a German film, 1927. "the mediator between hand and head is the heart"


a lot of religious elements from Christianity :

Freder-Christ, the God. for freder, the orientation of sextuality (bad maria dance) is related with his bad dream. (the seven deadly sins) the meet of freder and good maria is about romance , not sextuality.

(good) Maria-saint Maria, mother teresa. The bad maria is from the city. city & gender

tower of Babel (story) --city in metropolis (we dont know whether it's a critic or celebration of the city)


great work was done for the filming-- eg, biulding of the city scene, eight days of work for 10 secends


The heroine Brigitte Helm is super expressive

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  • Ike 2022-03-22 09:01:34

    [A] The 150-minute restored version of 2010 can't help but feel a sense of admiration for Frieze. What kind of soul could have produced such a cross-era classic in 1927! Myth, religion, production, class, technology and reason, these ultimate propositions covering all human existence are all included in a black and white silent film, even after nearly a century, the ideas conveyed by this film are still so impressive Admiration is the greatest swan song of silent film. If "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Blade Runner" are classics that can be remembered in film history, then this "Metropolis" is a handed down work that can be included in the intangible cultural heritage of the United Nations.

  • Vita 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Christian preaching, extremely conservative and ignorant. But the performance is very staged, the scene is also very huge, and the scale is not small. No sci-fi movies to explore.

Metropolis quotes

  • Freder: To the new Tower of Babel - to my father - !

  • Joh Frederson: What were you doing in the machine halls, Freder?

    Freder: I wanted to look into the faces of the people whose little children are my brothers, my sisters...