mind-blowing
thursday night after class, i rushed to SM megamall and was just in time for the free screening of "metropolis". the director, fritz lang, is also the director of one of my favorite black and white movies: "M". i never got to see "metropolis" before, but it's one of the most revered in film history worldwide.
the visuals are fantastic! it's a silent film. for that night's screening, kudos goes to the rubber inc for wonderful accompaniment which was, though a bit too "modern", i think, was also appropriate for the visuals, i have to concede.
the story's themes still resonate, years after it was produced: stratification of society, need for humanism in a dehumanizing world, and--yes, of course--the love stuff.
here's a still from the film:
that's not the most striking image from the movie, but i couldn't find a still of it on the web. it's the visuals of the workers underground. very, very visual. proves a picture paints a thousand words.:)
i also found out that lang was supposed to direct my all-time favorite german expressionist (if i'm not mistaken) film, "cabinet of dr. caligari".
the retrospective on lang continues for the rest of august--every thursday at 8 pm, SM megamall cinema 6.
enjoy the movies!
posted by jadeD @ 11:29 PM
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Well, a friend started playing blog tag and I got tagged. But now I'm tagging you. :D
http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/geek_goddess/33566.html
dang, the link got eaten up. just click on my name here. :)
its been quite a while since i got to watch an artfilm. I was asking Jen to accompany me dun sa Singaporean film na pinalabas sa podium recently pero hindi rin natuloy. Sayang. Will see if I could catch this sa megamall. Thanks! ;)
i got to see Metropolis but I think i was like nine years old back then and what I thought it was that it was like a lengthy daft punk video. i should go see it again i think, with the rubber inc. sound track...
that anonymous was me Pam btw...
;-)
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