2006-08-12 11:07:07 · 7 answers · asked by george 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
You guys say it must've been a great piece of art. The question is, do you think it is still a great piece of art today?
2006-08-12 22:19:43 · update #1
From the version I've seen the original must have been brilliant--from several points of view: cinematography, the theme especially within the historic context, and the architecture of the settings. Here's a pretty good website on it, though it's biased toward a later musical sound track.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/5555/metropo.htm
Curiously, the first indication I had of the power of the film as the staged musical version I saw in London (in 1989, think).
Here's a fair webpage on it:
http://members.tripod.com/~rbowser/metropolis/musical.html
Up to that point I thought the film was simply a historic curiosity. This sent me back to the original, and I realized what a work of art it had been -- is. What a shame the original 1927 version has not survived. I also wonder if we are ever hearing the music as it was intended to be heard.
2006-08-12 21:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by bfrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We studied Metropolis in my Aesthetics class 2 years ago. It was simply amazing! It really opened up a whole new meaning for the suppressed worker. Dante's Inferno was a major role in the symbolism of that film. you can also see many connections to religion. Find some time to really study it with some literature, you can learn a lot from that movie.
2006-08-12 13:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by tubagirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it holds up pretty well. When we look at films from the 20s and 30s, I think we automatically make allowances for the primitive special effects.
The essential concerns of "Metropolis" -- the individual's plight in an increasingly industrial and technology-driven society -- are as timely now as they were in 1926.
The scene of masses of factory workers trudging to their shifts, juxtaposed with flocks of sheep, is one of the enduring images in all cinematic history.
2006-08-13 07:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by shkspr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Class. Definately come round full circle; show it to a group of students and ask them when it was made.
2006-08-12 11:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by pea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Superb.
2006-08-12 11:19:45 · answer #5 · answered by rookethorne 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to late at night to attempt this one sorry
2006-08-12 11:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't!
2006-08-12 11:09:33 · answer #7 · answered by jimbo_thedude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋