far-reaching

Hillard 2022-03-24 09:01:35

There are too many bridges and settings that have been used by later generations. For example, the concept of robots, as well as the classic settings such as the betrayal of robots and the incorporation of the rebel army, the use of this setting in the future is not limited to robots.
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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  • Alyson 2022-03-23 09:01:39

    Metropolis was the largest film production of the year, shooting 2 million feet of film and employing 25,000 male actors, 11,000 actresses and 750 child actors. The film’s first-shot completed version lasted three and a half hours, and the German premiere version lasted 153 minutes (the film length was 4,189 meters and was projected at 24 frames per second), and was later edited by the distributor into a two-hour version at Released in Germany and overseas. However, based on factors such as box office revenue and political censorship, the versions released around the world in the past were edited versions with more than half of the content deleted and the length of the film varied. Since the Second World War, the original master film of the film has been scattered all over the world and it is difficult to find it. Although it has been re-screened many times in the past, it is not the complete version of the original. In 2001, the restored version led by the Murnau Foundation was presented at the Berlin Film Festival. After years of excavation and research, about a quarter of the fragments are believed to be permanently lost. In the same year, it was listed as a World Documentary Heritage by UNESCO. In 2008, at the Film Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a 16-centimeter copy of the film was found, and about 23 minutes of missing footage were found. ...

  • Cary 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    The first time I watched it was not a full text, and then, finally, I watched this Metropolis discussing the superstructure on the upper floor of a building in the Metropolis.

Metropolis quotes

  • Moving Title Card: As - deep - as lay - the workers' - city below the - earth, so high above - it towered the complex - known as the "Club of the - Sons," with its lecture halls and - libraries, its theaters and stadiums.

  • Maria: Look! These are your brothers! Look - ! These are your brothers!