Movies are not just awesome sci-fi scenes

Sophie 2022-04-23 07:01:40

1. In 1927, German filmmakers built such a fraudulent metropolitan scene. After 90 years, it is highly consistent and avant-garde with the current metropolis;

2. The proletariat lives in underground cities, and the rich enjoy a luxurious life on the ground. Seeing this setting, you will not be surprised by some sci-fi works and movies of later generations;

3. In the 1920s, the proletariat movement was rising all over the world, and violent movements were frequent, and the director pointed out the reasons for it;

4. In the director's vision, the class contradictions of the proletariat and capitalism can be coordinated, but they can never be integrated, so the film has the image of "coordinator";

5. The film was blocked by the German authorities as soon as it was produced. The 210-minute full version has not been restored yet, and the 10-year restored version with a quarter of the length was lost;

6. A few years after the film was released, the Nazis in Germany came to power and the whole people rioted. Thinking about it carefully, it's really ironic.

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Extended Reading
  • Moriah 2022-03-24 09:01:35

    The 153-minute restored version is a great movie. The dystopian concept is very good. It also created several typical characters and became the source of many movie characters in the future. It is just that the class tone of "hands and brains need hearts to reconcile" is a bit of a nostalgia. At that time, the sci-fi imagination of the future, the techniques used and the effects presented were all shocking.

  • Cory 2022-04-23 07:01:40

    Look at the 150m version. Serious class division. The Seven Deadly Sins of the Bible, Revelation, Noah's Ark. The sci-fi elements are very advanced, the underground traffic is crowded, the high multiple overpasses, the planes, the architectural styles are diverse, modern, and artificial intelligence. The heroine did a great job! Good as the Virgin, evil as ghosts. This film is now, no matter how it won the best picture, director, script, and actress award. The visual and sound effects were also superb for that era.

Metropolis quotes

  • Freder: Your magnificant city, Father - and you the brain of this city - and all of us in the city's light - - and where are the people, father, whose hands built your city - - - ?

    Joh Frederson: Where they belong...

    Freder: Where they belong...? In the depths...?

  • Maria: HEAD and HANDS need a mediator. THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN HEAD AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!

    Worker #1: But where is our mediator, Maria - ?

    Maria: Wait for him! He will surely come!

    Worker #2: We will wait, Maria...! But not much longer - - !