Metropolis/Willis O'Brien Primitives

While Fritz Lang's gargantuan Metropolis may have nearly bankrupted UFA, the film forever enriched the lexicon of the cinema. Adapted from a novel by Lang's wife, Thea von Harbou, Metropolis combines the director's awe upon experiencing the hugeness of the New York City skyline with an H.G. Wellsian glance into the future (though Wells himself despised the film). In the year 2000, the wealthy ruling class lives in towering luxury skyscrapers, while slave laborers monotonously toil away far ...