Although it is a silent movie (only background music), although the dialogue is presented in white on a black background, the story and depth are perfect. The presentation method is also more like a comic style, full of "exaggerated stage performances" that are difficult to have in modern movies. It seems reasonable here. The ruler of the city uses machines to enslave the dungeon workers. The setting of the nobles living on the surface and the workers of the dungeon is like the setting of the two-layer social structure in "Beijing Folding". The son of the capitalist plays the role of the savior, created by Frankenstein. Robots inciting workers to destroy machines are similar to the "chaotic evil" version of the Statue of Liberty. After the machines are destroyed, the entire city is paralyzed and catastrophic. The capitalists are not worried. He even lets the people who manage the machines open the door and let the crazy workers destroy the machines. In the end, it reaps its own fruit, and provides a rationalization for the subsequent acceptance of slavery. The actor's performance is exaggerated but it fits the style of the movie very well, similar to Chaplin's "City Lights" and "Modern Times", and a lot of industrial fantasies in it must be presented by models and editing, which is very difficult. The robot is called Hel, and the artificial intelligence in "2001 A Space Odyssey" is called Hal9000. Although the two films are actually more than 40 years apart, there are some naming preferences. The movie is divided into multi-acts, typical drama segments, in the middle of which there is an inter-act drama, which has no influence on the story before and after. The witch of sin is used to connect the front and back scenes. It should be said that although the theme is about the city and social order, people's thoughts seem to be inseparable from religion.
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