Classics are timeless

In 1927, a German cinematic talent presented to the public his work - "Metropolis". I think his contemporaries should have been shocked by this film, although at the box office he failed. Probably, he was ahead of his time ...

Silent, black and white cinema, with a funny drama by the current standards, the theatrical replay and the hyperidentity of what is happening, in my time, it seems to me, had a huge impact on the unsophisticated viewer. In general, if you make a few condescending assumptions, this movie can be watched with enthusiasm today. I did it yesterday. And, I confess, I was fascinated by the magic of cinema. Each frame shows that they were done with the soul and for the sake of art (and not for profit). And no matter how primitive these frames looked today, if we keep in mind the correction for the age of the film, we are faced with a heartbreaking grandiose story in which there is a place of class disunity, the nature of the person inherent in being subjected to suggestion, the problem of fathers and children, the love of men for women, Biblical motifs and high technology that has overtaken the present day. Special effects in the film, given the technology of the beginning of the century, it is generally a separate titanic work. There were no computers! Everything either dorisovyvalos manually frame by frame, or carefully assembled from several films.

I do not know what the fantasy of its authors was based on when creating this film. But I know for sure that the fantasy of the authors of Terminator, Brazil, the 5th element, the Matrix and the whole huge heap of high-tech fiction was inspired (and copied something) by Metropolis. Here even the technology of Skype (video calls) is presented! And this is in 1927!

Separately, it is worth mentioning the huge number of people involved in the shot. Thousands of them create a strong dynamism on the screen and cause the epic of many scenes.

10 of 10

Film masterpiece.