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Thomas Elsaesser, Metropolis (London: BFI Classic, 2000) 87 pp.
About the Book
Metropolis (1925) is a monumental work. When it was made it was Germany's
most expensive feature film, a canvas for director Fritz Lang's increasingly
extravagant ambitions (it took sixteen months to film). Lang, inspired by
the skyline of New York, created a whole new vision of cities. One of the
greatest works of science fiction, the film also tells human stories about
love and family.
In this book, Thomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of
Metropolis: its different versions (there is no definitive one), its
changing meanings, its role as a storehouse or database of the 20th century.
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From Science Fiction Studies (no 85, vol 28, part 3, Nov 2001) by Jay Telotte.
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