Then there is the introduction of religion and prophecy, and similar applications can be found in quite a few genre films in later generations.
Secondly, it also includes metaphors for politics. It should be mentioned by the way that the political proposition of this film is actually an incomplete bourgeois revolution. The setting of the bottom resistance army shooting itself in the foot is quite strong The persuasive role of Lang's political position can also be seen here.
Furthermore, it is the application of the dog-blood love branch line in commercial films. It can be said that this is like a spiritual opium, which makes the audience and subsequent screenwriters immersed in it and unable to extricate themselves.
Of course, there are sets and scenes that were unbelievably powerful in that era. Although it is still obvious that the traces of the model can be seen, such a concept and such a large-scale effort provide an inescapable template for all future sci-fi films.
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