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Metropolis / Thomas Elsaesser.

By: Elsaesser, Thomas, 1943- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: BFI film classics: Publisher: London : BFI Publishing, 2000Description: 87 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0851707777.Subject(s): Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)DDC classification: 791.43 LAN
Contents:
Introduction: Metropolis Forever, More than Ever -- 1 The Myth of its Origins, the Origins of its Myths -- 2 The UFA-Crew -- 3 A Ruin-In-Progress: Release Versions and Restorations -- 4 Interpreting Metropolis: Reading for the Plot -- 5 Metropolis, Moroder and Sound -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Telling and Retelling Metropolis -- Notes -- Credits -- Bibliography.
Summary: "Metropolis is a monumental work. On its release it was Germany's most expensive feature film, a canvas for director Fritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions. 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. Thomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis: its different versions (there is no definitive one), its changing meanings, and its role as a database of twentieth-century imagery and ideologies" - back cover.
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 791.43 LAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00229745
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-87).

Introduction: Metropolis Forever, More than Ever -- 1 The Myth of its Origins, the Origins of its Myths -- 2 The UFA-Crew -- 3 A Ruin-In-Progress: Release Versions and Restorations -- 4 Interpreting Metropolis: Reading for the Plot -- 5 Metropolis, Moroder and Sound -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Telling and Retelling Metropolis -- Notes -- Credits -- Bibliography.

"Metropolis is a monumental work. On its release it was Germany's most expensive feature film, a canvas for director Fritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions. 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. Thomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis: its different versions (there is no definitive one), its changing meanings, and its role as a database of twentieth-century imagery and ideologies" - back cover.

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