Metropolis (1927/2002) Flashcards
Metropolis
10 January ______
Fritz Lang
Dystopian, Science Fiction, German Expressionism
Romance, Steampunk
1927
Metropolis
10 January 1927
Fritz Lang
______, ______, ______
Romance, Steampunk
- Dystopian
- Science Fiction
- German Expressionism
Metropolis
10 January 1927
Fritz Lang
Dystopian, Science Fiction, German Expressionism
______, ______
- Romance
- Steampunk
______, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.
Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again
Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, ______. A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.
in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for
Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. ______, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.
A commercial disaster in its day
Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. A commercial disaster in its day, it was ______, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair.
soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit
Lang’s towering, tumultuous 1926 folly rises again, in as scrupulous an approximation of its original form as can be hoped for. A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, ______.
left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair
A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair. ______ collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration.
Finally, a consortium of German and international archives
A commercial disaster in its day, it was soon bowdlerised from Lang’s 137-minute edit, left to sow its influence in various prints of disrepair. Finally, a consortium of German and international archives ______.
collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration
Finally, a consortium of German and international archives collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration. ______ is now almost certainly irrevocably lost.
Any unrecovered footage
Finally, a consortium of German and international archives collaborated on the field and lab work behind this definitive restoration. Any unrecovered footage is ______.
now almost certainly irrevocably lost
Any unrecovered footage is now almost certainly irrevocably lost. ______, but more to the point, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently.
What is here fills in some of the potholes
Any unrecovered footage is now almost certainly irrevocably lost. What is here fills in some of the potholes, but ______, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently.
more to the point
Any unrecovered footage is now almost certainly irrevocably lost. What is here fills in some of the potholes, but more to the point, ______.
showcases Lang’s vision resplendently
What is here fills in some of the potholes, but more to the point, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently. ______ is a revelation.
The image quality
What is here fills in some of the potholes, but more to the point, showcases Lang’s vision resplendently. The image quality is ______.
a revelation
The image quality is a revelation. Of ______, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.
the amendments
The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s ______, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.
more of various bit-characters
The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus ______, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.
the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel
The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, ______ his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang.
the origin of the bad blood between
The image quality is a revelation. Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between ______, and ______.
- his father, the city’s potentate
- the mad magus-inventor Rotwang
Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. ______, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed.
The director’s strengths, however
Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. The director’s strengths, however, ______, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed.
rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay
Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. The director’s strengths, however, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and ______, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed.
what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings
Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. The director’s strengths, however, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, ______ stand horribly exposed.
the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script
Of the amendments, there’s more of various bit-characters, plus the spectre of Freder’s mother Hel, the origin of the bad blood between his father, the city’s potentate, and the mad magus-inventor Rotwang. The director’s strengths, however, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script ______.
stand horribly exposed
The director’s strengths, however, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed. ______ and a crude yet visionary parable, Metropolis is still impossibly ambitious.
A frenzied cinematic spectacle
The director’s strengths, however, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed. A frenzied cinematic spectacle and ______, Metropolis is still impossibly ambitious.
a crude yet visionary parable
The director’s strengths, however, rarely extended to the nuances of character or individual interplay, and what with the overwrought Expressionist acting and Lang’s dualist leanings, the silly dialectics of Thea von Harbou’s script stand horribly exposed. A frenzied cinematic spectacle and a crude yet visionary parable, ______.
Metropolis is still impossibly ambitious
A frenzied cinematic spectacle and a crude yet visionary parable, Metropolis is still impossibly ambitious. And ______. (Nick Bradshaw)
that this patched-up print pulls the film apart at the seams is all to apt
