Monday 28 November 2022

Released In 1927,

the film Metropolis paved the way for the division of humans, between Them and Us,

the German science-fiction film Metropolis presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers, when the privileged youth Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers, it is a silent black & white movie, I have made a post about it as it's art deco still film and posters appealed to me, below are just some of the poster I found at the Gods And Foolish Grander BlogSpot








for myself what amazing and I guess for the time futuristic posters, as the last one askes, "What's the world coming to?" it seems just as apt saying it then as it is saying it today.


2 comments:

Jil Wrinkle said...

I was just watching a clip from Metropolis yesterday. Somebody has upscaled the original picture to 4K/60 frames per second and colorized a few minutes of the film. It looks pretty spectacular.

PattayaStan said...

Dear Jil, also a soundtrack has been added on some re-released versions, the original had no sound unless it was provide in the theatre by say a piano, it is amazing how so many B & W films have stayed the course and are still watched today, best regards, Stan and Diana.