Metropolis Movie Notes

 

Metropolis Movie Notes

·      Based on a novel by Thea Von Harbou

·      Made in 1927

·      Clock with only 10 hours on it

o   It is something that pours into the rhythm of the lives of the workers

·      Many prisoners? In same uniform looking depressed; they live underground and don’t see the sun “in the depths”

·      Priveliged kids can run and play above the ground like normal

·      Eternal gardens are fueled by underground workers, members have very exotic fashion

·      The workers have terrible conditions and are replaced quickly because they have no value

·      Metropolis is a giant city where planes are able to fly in-between the buildings

·      Stereotypical depiction of wall street office

·      The workers are “where they belong” according to the boss Joh Frederson

·      11881

·      Metropolis is very diverse and welcoming

·      The boss has a satanic woman robot that looks like C3PO named

·      Maria has a religious (Christian) message for the people in the catacombs

·      The workers have been carrying plans, maps of the catacombs

·      Freder (the son) is obsessed with Maria

·      The tower of Babylon story is very similar to what the current workers are going thorugh

·      Joh Fredersen knows that Maria is the leader of the rebellion

·      The Prelude ends with the bosses finding and presumably capturing Maria in the catacombs

·      Allusion to seven deadly sins with statues that Freder sees

·      11881 is mentioned again with the name Georgy showing that the workers don’t have an identity; predicts how concentration camps would operate

·      Maria gets captured and possessed

·      They clone her with the C3PO robot, while the real one remains captured

·      The clone Maria begins to do dances and men fight over her, many more are obsessed with her

·      The clone maria tells the workers to kill the machines

·      The special effects, especially with the electricity, is very impressive

·      The machine breaks and the city begins to flood

·      The workers burn the witch alive

·      Does the black eyeliner have a significance?

·      The clone Maria is sexualized and wears very erotic clothing

·       Maria and her brother are the only blonde people in the crowd, a contradiction to what Germany most likely would’ve been like

·      Uses the French national anthem when the workers march to destroy the machine

·      Hel is a purposeful allusion to the mad scientist; he wants to have Hel all to himself and exact revenge

·      Religion gives people hope so that they don’t revolt- Karl Marx

·      Set design: utilizes scale to film impressive scenes of what the city looks like

·      Fake Utopia Dystopia

·      Pentagram

 

 


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