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      • Metropolis is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, ranking 67th in Sight and Sound ' s 2022 critics' poll, and receiving general critical acclaim.
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  2. Mar 28, 1998 · Generally considered the first great science-fiction film, “Metropolis” (1927) fixed for the rest of the century the image of a futuristic city as a hell of scientific progress and human despair.

  3. Dec 5, 2021 · 'Metropolis', directed by Fritz Lang, is the most influential science fiction film ever, inspiring 'Blade Runner' directed by Ridley Scott with Harrison Ford...

  4. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1013775-metropolisMetropolis - Rotten Tomatoes

    This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers.

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    • Brigitte Helm
    • Fritz Lang
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    • Metropolis' Inventive Filmmaking
    • Metropolis Criticizes Utopias
    • Metropolis' Social Message Is Still Relevant

    For Metropolis, Lang took an unorthodox approach with his cityscapes, at least when compared to modern set design. The dystopian city itself consists of miniature buildings, which at once create a visual illusion while establishing the look and feel of the primary setting. The sense of space aligns with the German Expressionist approach, which priz...

    Then and now, Metropolis shows the dangers of unchecked power. The storyline begins with the privileged frolicking in a literal garden, and the almighty Frederson implies that the underground workers are "where they belong." Incidentally, the subtext can be applied to any political regime that undervalues the lower class. In Lang's film, there's no...

    In the Digital Era, there's a constant battle on social media between heads and hands. Metropolis reminds viewers about the value of healthy mediation, along with the importance of empathy (or heart). The narrative explores the concept of wanting to be helpful but not having enough information to effectively create change. In Fredersen, one can see...

  5. Metropolis (1927) is a stylized, visually-compelling, melodramatic silent film set in the dystopic, 21st century city of Metropolis - a dialectical treatise on man vs. machine and class...

  6. Jan 6, 2003 · Updated 07 January 2003. Mesmerising, thrilling, astonishing - pick an adjective. Fritz Lang's silent sci-fi classic may be well past pensionable age, but it still retains its power to smack...

  7. May 24, 2022 · Every time I revisit Fritz Lang’s Metropolis—a film for which adjectives such as “epic” and “groundbreaking” barely begin to cut it—I am awed by its ambition, mesmerised by its visuals, spellbound by its tenacity. Watching this fascinatingly imperfect 1927 masterpiece feels like returning to a world: a haunting, expansive ...

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