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Image of the Day : Metropolis by Fritz Lang

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  • Still relevant today… I studied it in the past, though I had problems to follow the teacher's speech, as I had slept during a part of the movie. Not so fascinating to watch a film at 9 in the morning, and silent moreover…

    This film depicts a critic on the 20's society, while Weimar republic. Drawing the proslavery of man towards the use of the machine. It belongs to a cinema developped in those years, called as german expresionism, by Lang, Murnau, Wiene, for those I know: the beginning of black and horror movies, faced to sentimental ones. A realistic cinema against one that lies to itself, in a society of dangerous promises.

    Also, Metropolis outlines the myth of Frankenstein in a way, by making a robot “Futura”, with the head of Maria, the main female character of the piece. Maria belongs to the “low city”, where all stinks, while people works on machines, and have no way out, but suffer from working. From working for the “high city”, mastered by Joh Fredersen. In the “high city” all is paradise, garden, … Low, is slavery.

    Metropolis is a contemporean, but future vision of the society, dealing with the idea of artificial intelligence, and the danger we may encounter with. One cannot but notice, it is still an actual matter, moreover now the technologies have developped. The film warns men about the danger men could lose control on the machine they create.

    Fritz Lang made that film from a book and then a script his woman wrote. But still, he could never fix with the end he found wrong. Once Hitler came to the head of Germany, the director left the country, leaving his wife, that never hide her tendancy for nazism. Which just shows…

    To my mind, the movie has not become outdated, regarding social and economic statings, the course to the robotic could engender. And I probably look at it again soon.
    And now, I look at this picture, I could think that peculiar building here had been erected since. In the United States maybe. From those who prostrate themselves before the shadowing culture: their symbol as a owl.

    Thank you Paulo.

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  • Hi Expert, what entice you to post an article on f the Day : Metropolis by Fritz Lang at Paulo Coelho’s Blog? This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Friday.

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  • Whatz up, I fell lucky that I located this post while browsing for silent movie music. I am with you on the topic of f the Day : Metropolis by Fritz Lang at Paulo Coelho’s Blog. Ironically, I was just putting a lot of thought into this last Wednesday.

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  • Dear Wanbliska… I found you post… at last… please go there for my reply Love Paul

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  • Hmm - I just see ..coldness in these buildings and like Paul said -concrete jungle -well put ..but it is dark too and just unwelcoming ..Yes give me Green acres any day ..
    farm living is life for me ..I just remembered that song /show ..have a wonderful day everyone -Love Tania

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  • Metropolis is about the future. Since this story was created in the 1920’s the future has come many times over. Still when I look at the scenery from the movie I think of the future. Fritz had a great imagination.

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  • Dear Wanbliska, I can’t find it…? in fact I’m having trouble keeping up with posts, threads and time zones etc… thanks anyway and keep fighting, Love ;)

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  • Dear Joel, look deeper… you’ll find it if you persevere… every city has a soul, it’s to be found in the hearts of it’s people… it’s Saturday there, and Saturday night is the night for fighting according to Elton John, Have a great weekend, Paul

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  • Just like Dubai= concrete and glass.
    A city with no soul.

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  • It reminds me of a film with Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow “the skycaptain”…I think some scenes of the city are quite similar…
    Love,
    Lia

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  • Dear Paul,
    I wrote to you yesterday; “Privacy zero”.

    love ;)

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  • No questioning Fritz Lang’s foresight and creative brilliance, never-the-less… A concrete jungle… my worst nightmare… rather the green green grass of home or the vast desert sands…

    Love, Paul

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  • Still relevant today… I studied it in the past, though I had problems to follow the teacher’s speech, as I had slept during a part of the movie. Not so fascinating to watch a film at 9 in the morning, and silent moreover…

    This film depicts a critic on the 20’s society, while Weimar republic. Drawing the proslavery of man towards the use of the machine. It belongs to a cinema developped in those years, called as german expresionism, by Lang, Murnau, Wiene, for those I know: the beginning of black and horror movies, faced to sentimental ones. A realistic cinema against one that lies to itself, in a society of dangerous promises.

    Also, Metropolis outlines the myth of Frankenstein in a way, by making a robot “Futura”, with the head of Maria, the main female character of the piece. Maria belongs to the “low city”, where all stinks, while people works on machines, and have no way out, but suffer from working. From working for the “high city”, mastered by Joh Fredersen. In the “high city” all is paradise, garden, … Low, is slavery.

    Metropolis is a contemporean, but future vision of the society, dealing with the idea of artificial intelligence, and the danger we may encounter with. One cannot but notice, it is still an actual matter, moreover now the technologies have developped. The film warns men about the danger men could lose control on the machine they create.

    Fritz Lang made that film from a book and then a script his woman wrote. But still, he could never fix with the end he found wrong. Once Hitler came to the head of Germany, the director left the country, leaving his wife, that never hide her tendancy for nazism. Which just shows…

    To my mind, the movie has not become outdated, regarding social and economic statings, the course to the robotic could engender. And I probably look at it again soon.
    And now, I look at this picture, I could think that peculiar building here had been erected since. In the United States maybe. From those who prostrate themselves before the shadowing culture: their symbol as a owl.

    Thank you Paulo.

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  • Amazing.For building,the shapes are very expresive.Still ,I love much more natural things,so I can feel that is missing something.Now one shall try to compare a sunset at the beach with the most perfect design of some building.I have no doubts what people should choose.Bye,love for all

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  • eek.. .

    Not a tree in sight, must have been a design inspiration for a lot of the Councils in London and other cities too. ..

    Scary.

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  • The picture takes me to a scene in the last Star War movie, where they are flying around, and up and down the sky scrapers, in small devices. Perhaps George Lucas, one of my favorite film directors, was inspired by ‘Metropolis’?

    And… Good Morning to you Thelma *wink*

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  • I did not know anything about the Austrian architect and film maker of the eartlys 1900. It seems that Metropolis is his master- piece.
    Dear Paulo Coelho, I am a cinema fan, but not quite as ..old to have seen this film, neither you.
    LOVE,
    THELMA

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