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Metropolis (Metropolis) 1927
cinema, mainly with interest, but since Since I started watching the IMDB250 series, some movies are really not interesting to watch. It's not because the film is bad, it's just not to my taste, like this 1927 "Metropolis," which is too old. Of course, I can't deny that since I watched the movies in IMDB250, I found a lot of good movies, such as "Passion Like Fire", "Apartment", "What a Beautiful Life" and so on. So, watching movies based on interest alone will miss a lot of good movies, and because of this, I finally gathered up the courage to finish watching this film yesterday.
Although this is a movie released in 1927, it is actually a science fiction movie. In a prosperous metropolis, the rulers of the city live in towers above the ground, and the workers at the bottom work hard underground. The Metropolis is kept afloat by the work of its workers. But the workers and the boss had a very big conflict. At this time, a girl named Maria appeared. She told the workers with a fairy tale that they needed a mediator, and she also found a mediator - the owner of the metropolis 's son. At the same time, the son learned about the real life of the worker and fell in love with the girl. All this is seen by the owner of Metropolis, who orders a Frankenstein to create a robot in place of Maria. Frankenstein captured Maria and created a robot - Fake Maria. In fact, Frankenstein has his own ideas. He wants to destroy the city and the owners of the metropolis. It turns out that they loved a woman together. The false Marias convince workers to stop working and rebel against the Metropolitan owners. So the whole city collapsed and was flooded. Led by True Mary and the son of the Metropolitan owner, the children of the workers survived. But the angry workers don't know this and just want to burn the demagoguery Mary. Afterwards, the fake Maria was burned to death, and the son of the owner of the metropolis knocked down the Frankenstein who was going to capture the real Maria, and rescued Maria, but the Frankenstein fell from the tall building. In the end, the worker and the Metropolitan owner, assisted by the mediator his son, met with a smile and a great handshake. The film ends here.
Because of the age of the film, a quarter of the film is missing, relying on subtitles to explain. Even so, after watching this film, it gave me a huge shock. A 1927 film, although it is a black and white film, although it is a silent film, but its story is complex, the structure is complete, and the theme is profound. The film involves a lot of content, technology, mythology, religion, legend, family, friendship, love, trust and betrayal, and prophecies for the future, etc., and the picture is quite delicate, the lens, the set, the props, and the performance are all excellent. At the same time, the theme of the film expresses the contradiction between the workers and the ruling class. All that said, it's hard to imagine this being a 1927 movie. After watching it, I couldn't help but marvel at the greatness of the director of the film, the excellent production of the film, and the pioneering role played by the Germans in the field of film. I can't help but think that if there was no World War II and Europe had been peaceful, there might not be Hollywood, and the best movies in the world would still be in Europe.
This film involves many religions, myths, and legends, all of which are known to Westerners, but not to me. Therefore, I can only see a few superficial aspects of the theme that the film is trying to express. As I said just now, the contradiction between the workers and the ruling class is inevitable in industrialization. The contradiction between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, I don't need to go into detail about these. Our political textbooks have written them in great detail. In one sentence, we want to make a revolution. In fact, the workers' riot in this film is already a revolution, but the director gave us a happy ending in the way of myth at the end of the film. In the 1927 film, this irreconcilable contradiction is displayed on the screen. How much courage does the director need, and it is precisely because of such a plot that the film can still bring us nearly a hundred years later. think. This film is indeed a timeless classic.
This film is a sci-fi film. The skyscrapers, viaducts, and busy driveways in the pictures are very realistic. When I saw these pictures, I couldn't understand how the directors and directors shot them. At that time, there were no computer special effects, and it was impossible to build real scenes manually. Are these miniature models? But it's not like it, because the crowd is seen in the picture. I really don't understand how such a sci-fi film was made in the 1920s! In addition, there are many pictures of lightning, explosions, and the transformation of things in the movie, such as the process of the robot becoming Maria, and the process of the machine becoming Vulcan, etc. These also look incredible to me. How are they shot? Amazing, really amazing!
The use of the lens and the atmosphere of this film are also very good. The use of lights and lenses when Frankenstein captured Maria: People move away from the camera a little bit, and the light of the flashlight follows, and you can deeply feel Maria's emotions - a kind of fear of getting into a desperate situation! In addition, the shooting of various major scenes in the film also gives people a very shocking feeling. The floods, machine explosions, worker riots, and those workers walking like robots are all in the 21st century. Not inferior. It is relying on these pictures to interpret a silent film full of stories and express the emotions of the film. Compared with today's movies, promoting the plot through rambling dialogue has lost the essence of the movie - the picture.
Finally, the performance of the actors in this film is also very good. The heroine, Brigitte Helm, plays two roles, one good and the other evil. The real Maria is virtuous and virtuous, while the fake Maria is coquettish and charming. She alone interprets two characters with completely opposite personalities in a vivid and vivid way, which is amazing. Moreover, when Frankenstein captured Maria, Maria's terrified expression was so classic, it was a kind of visceral fear, and I had never seen such a performance. An excellent actor like her has transcended the times and has gone down in history. The son played by the male protagonist Gustav Fröhlich is not handsome, but he has a simple feeling. He expresses the kind and innocent character of the character very well, which is as good as the heroine.
After watching this movie, I admired myself, I was able to watch a movie released in 1927. However, after reading the 118-minute version, I found out that in 2010, a repaired version with 27 minutes was released. Hey, I would have known better later. One more thing I wonder about this film, why is it so long? The restored version of the 2010 version lasted for more than two hours. Was there an intermission for watching movies in that era?
In general, this is a classic that transcends the times. To put it more bluntly, what is this film about? Can such a film not look good? Can you not be famous forever? A good movie like this is a must see.
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TLF.IMDB.Top095.Metropolis.Metropolis.1926.D9.MiniSD-TLF
2011-07-01
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