Romantic Fantasy of the Last Century

Sigurd 2022-03-19 09:01:04

Advanced, magnificent, romantic

The coordinator of the brain and the hand is the heart. The interpretation of the Tower of Babel is interesting from the perspective of biblical metaphors of reality, although it may be too idealistic.

Another point is the attitude towards technology. Total exclusion would bring destruction, and the pioneer creators of technology and humanoid machines were the devil incarnate. Does it reflect a hidden worry about the unknown direction of technological development and a sense of contradiction in the reality that we must rely on technology to survive?

It can be seen that the idea of ​​dungeon, metropolis, videophone, etc. had a huge impact on the later science fiction telecommunications. Is it classified as a cyberpunk movie based on the high-tech, low-life portrayal of dungeons? It's just that the core seems to be far away from punk, and the answers to the same questions in the movies no longer have the romantic feelings and optimistic expectations in the movies.

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Extended Reading
  • Elissa 2022-01-27 08:06:45

    When the German audience in 1927 saw this movie, they were definitely more visually shocked than when I saw Avatar. In other respects, it was not comparable to any Hollywood movie. It is not appropriate to place hopes on the reformists as mediators of social conflicts, but Fritz Lang actually parables the conflict between the development of information technology and ethics, communist chaos, and mob politics will bring serious disasters to Germany.

  • Lynn 2022-01-27 08:06:45

    Movies that stand up to worship are visually blocked. German expressionist movies are like ancient dinosaurs, mysterious and huge~

Metropolis quotes

  • The Machine Man: [disguised as Maria] Leave the machines - ! Let them race to their death -! To the Heart Machine - !

  • Joh Frederson: [Talking on a video phone] Open the gates! Open the gates, I said!

    Grot - the Guardian of the Heart Machine: If the Heart Machine is destroyed the entire machine district will end up in ruins - !