Watch "Why 'Metropolis', Fritz Lang's Silent Movie, Still Defines Sci‑Fi 100 Years Later"

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Watch "Why 'Metropolis', Fritz Lang's Silent Movie, Still Defines Sci‑Fi 100 Years Later"

Before 'Star Wars'. Before 'Blade Runner'. Before every futuristic city, rogue android, or AI uprising you’ve ever seen, there was 'Metropolis' (1927). This video dives deep into how Fritz Lang’s silent-era masterpiece built the visual language of modern sci-fi, shaped pop culture for a century, and predicted the world we live in today.

https://youtu.be/lFdvbf9bomM?is=8pP5WZ5rnqLwEYO6

#publicdomain #movies #history #culture

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Someone at Bluesky reminded me that we do have the book in our catalogue:

Metropolis by Thea von Harbou

Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.

Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org)

#books #literature #sciencefiction #movies

[tuell@mastodon.social]

@gutenberg_org that's the URL that worked for me:
https://projekt-gutenberg.org/authors/thea-von-harbou/books/metropolis/

[jlroberson@mastodon.social]

@gutenberg_org The book is much more substantial than the film, except the restored version that brings back all the intrigue stuff the released film glosses past

[mepurfield@autistics.life]

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Strange how she later became a nazi after writing this