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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • This is the famous dance scene, where the artificial Maria bewitches the mighty men of Metropolis. This video contains the new found footage from Argentin. The cut with all the eyes was considered a breakthrough in special effects technique.

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  • @alanfoster6589
    @alanfoster6589 3 роки тому +1154

    In 1969, one of the classes I took while in the MFA program at UCLA was "History of European film". The instructor would speak for awhile and then we would watch a couple of films, supplemented by a guest speaker. One day he said, "Our two films for today are 'M' and 'Metropolis'. Our guest for today is the director, Fritz Lang."
    He was very gracious, answered every question, and was the only man I've ever seen in person who actually wore a monocle.

    • @LadyPrick
      @LadyPrick 2 роки тому +13

      And what the "M" is? Hitchcock's film?

    • @alanfoster6589
      @alanfoster6589 2 роки тому +71

      @@LadyPrick German film starring Peter Lorre and directed by Lang. Remarkable early film about a child molester (played by Lorre). Both the underworld and the police combine to catch him.

    • @87clami
      @87clami 2 роки тому +13

      Wow I’m speechless. This is amazing!

    • @16tons30
      @16tons30 2 роки тому +18

      @Пафосный Кактус And what the "M" is? Hitchcock's film?
      It*s not Hitchcock's film "Dial M for Murder", but simply "M" (German subtitle "Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder"). The American title simply is "M", but there was a preliminary title "Murderers among us". Cf. @Alan Foster's description.

    • @beckyenglish4783
      @beckyenglish4783 2 роки тому +4

      How wonderful!

  • @EMBEEAY
    @EMBEEAY 4 роки тому +527

    Her: *dances like the sleep paralysis demon in the corner of my room at 3AM*
    The men: we must *s i m p*

    • @marayagury6222
      @marayagury6222 2 роки тому +8

      That dance was meant to mock you :D

    • @productamadeus8745
      @productamadeus8745 7 місяців тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @johnnygizmo4733
      @johnnygizmo4733 7 місяців тому +1

      Just close your eyes and count to 3 and get up. You will have the experience.

    • @productamadeus8745
      @productamadeus8745 7 місяців тому +2

      @@johnnygizmo4733 Yeah I was in the middle of a nightmare once and this was on tv. Freaked me the hell out! 😂. Them dance moves tho!

    • @edgardopaladino4502
      @edgardopaladino4502 5 місяців тому +2

      I have the same!!! I paralyze and see ghosts or things like that, you can't move, your eyes are open you see everything but you're frozen, now it doesn't scare me anymore but as a kid I didn't understand why that happened to me, now it doesn't scare me anymore, it usually happens when I go to sleep very sleepy or I am very tired

  • @paradiso123
    @paradiso123 4 роки тому +1112

    Notice how her movements are jerky and awkward while still being alluring? That's because she's a robot in disguise dancing for the first time. She needed to be an incredible actress to capture that nuance.

    • @s.williams3251
      @s.williams3251 4 роки тому +72

      To think that she was around 18/19 while filming it too! Just phenomenal.

    • @elinorregina
      @elinorregina 3 роки тому +15

      Interesting, I never thought of that

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 3 роки тому +16

      Or a bad dancer

    • @paulperkins1615
      @paulperkins1615 3 роки тому +30

      If a scene is going to feature a woman's body as a totally dehumanized sex object, it's probably best that it doesn't pretend it doesn't. Also, points for linking it to the Bible.

    • @paradiso123
      @paradiso123 3 роки тому +22

      @@paulperkins1615 Also, she and her inventor are the villains and it's presented at evil that he's doing this to manipulate others.

  • @dalecooles
    @dalecooles 3 роки тому +283

    Fritz Lang's Metropolis remains the greatest silent film ever made, bar none. I've watched it multiple times and with each viewing, I discover layers of fresh truths.

    • @attilatasciko4817
      @attilatasciko4817 Рік тому +1

      Yes , one of the best movie all the time , epic

    • @marcellofregni3616
      @marcellofregni3616 9 місяців тому +1

      Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of dr. Caligari IMHO.

    • @DrVonNostrand
      @DrVonNostrand 8 місяців тому +3

      I rather watch a modern IMAX film, thanks 😂

    • @jimmymillwood3411
      @jimmymillwood3411 7 місяців тому +1

      @@DrVonNostrand no one's asking you to be here i don't see why you think you're so important

    • @DrVonNostrand
      @DrVonNostrand 7 місяців тому

      @@jimmymillwood3411 never said I was important, but neither are you so I think I'll stay

  • @tonyfrancesco3701
    @tonyfrancesco3701 6 років тому +230

    hips don't lie.

  • @bookofthedead
    @bookofthedead 13 років тому +1111

    The men's reactions are what disturb me the most...

    • @peggyfranzen6159
      @peggyfranzen6159 3 роки тому +38

      Hey, women would like the perfect lover, too! Imagine Data like a Russian ballet dancer? White nights, bolshoi!

    • @Mockduck2020
      @Mockduck2020 3 роки тому +28

      Are you a woman?
      Are you new to this planet?
      The whole thing was pretty bazaar, though

    • @Obeijin
      @Obeijin 3 роки тому +28

      Looks like scenes from Reefer Madness ...

    • @thefinessekid7358
      @thefinessekid7358 3 роки тому +74

      That's the literal point...

    • @thomasmusso1147
      @thomasmusso1147 3 роки тому +10

      Ham at it's most Cured.

  • @michaelbeary
    @michaelbeary 6 років тому +78

    The symbolism of this dance is amazing. It represents the transition from total rigidity and order to absolute freedom and chaos. Even her hand gestures at 2:50, pointing to God and the other hand angrily debasing sexuality, moving from her crotch to the ground. Just like the hand gesture on many iron maiden album covers. twisting around like she has no backbone, and hunched over. Like a person with no self order or self respect. She's like the opposite of the virgin queen, QE1. Instead of on her head QE1 wore the circlet around her neck, like a collar that represents self control. Here it's like the arrogance and falsity of seductive plumage on her head. at 3:16 a tilted cup held high like life from God being spilled. The see through dress looks like water being spilled. Even the pasties seem symbolic, like those french paintings of bare breasted women in battle, but with life and nurturing being blocked. At 2:38 the arms behind the back are meant to look like snakes dancing behind the back of a person, like they're controlling and guiding them - the rings on her fingers make her hand look like a snake head. In the beginning she's like a snake dancing behind the thin veil of civilization. It's no wonder this came out leading up to WW2. A great example of an opposite kind of dance would be Suzanne Ferrel in Don Quixote: ua-cam.com/video/lcV8A0Axkd4/v-deo.html. She keeps grabbing things and pulling them up with their hands. At 3:27 she does this with both hands, and moves from hunched shoulders and lascivious movements to twirling in a very upright posture, like converting something bad to good and lifting a heavy burden that becomes lighter as she lifts it.

    • @kristenkropf2646
      @kristenkropf2646 4 роки тому +4

      All beautifully said.👌

    • @tothelighthouse9843
      @tothelighthouse9843 10 місяців тому

      I don't understand how a man can write a huge comment like this about a woman dancing & not realize that scene is about how those men--like you--project all kinds of meaning onto...a woman who is just moving.
      The men are the origins of these ideas, these meanings, these lusts & illicit desires. They come from the men--in the film & from you--& are projected onto the woman.
      Men constantly ascribe meaning to 'the other' without realizing they're simply projecting.

    • @anonz975
      @anonz975 2 місяці тому +1

      Leading up to WWII as in Weimar Germany. Berlin was a cesspool of degeneracy (slightly worse than the worst of today) which lead to an extreme backlash.

  • @FenceDaGreat
    @FenceDaGreat 10 років тому +409

    One of the great scenes of world cinema, Expressionism always manages to feel like a nightmare and here they represent that feeling in an actual nightmarish scenario. Those who restored this film made a great contribution to the world of art.

  • @Dermot2927
    @Dermot2927 4 роки тому +209

    Didn’t this actress do an amazing job? Anybody whining that there were never any decent female leads before the last couple of years ought to look at this movie. She plays the saintly Maria on the one hand, and the evil robot Maria on the other. But in both roles she is incredibly athletic and kinetic, and hardly ever seems to stop running, fighting, swinging, jumping throughout the whole movie. The bonfire scene is stunning, Robot Maria laughing maniacally as she is carried by the crowd to her “execution” and as the flames build around her.

    • @catherinetheegreat8742
      @catherinetheegreat8742 2 роки тому +2

      while I agree in praising the actress.... let's not pretend this role wasn't sexist. the whole Madona whore complex of maria where the female character has no agency and can't do anything by herself isn't the paragon of amazingness you think it is. ....

    • @bobashmusic9134
      @bobashmusic9134 2 роки тому +1

      Nr1

    • @OldGeezer55
      @OldGeezer55 Рік тому +13

      It's reported that that was an actual fire on the set and Ms. Helm was made very uncomfortable during the filming. A trooper.

    • @cheryldeboissiere1851
      @cheryldeboissiere1851 9 місяців тому +2

      Robot’s name is Hel, after the Architect’s late wife. Hel is the Norse goddess of the Norse Underworld known as Niffelheim. The name was so feared that the Norse said “Go to Hel!” referring to the Goddess (Warden) who ran the jail. It had no terrible features except for being dreary and not as much fun as Asgard.

    • @victoriamcnamara4447
      @victoriamcnamara4447 5 місяців тому +3

      Yes she was so sweet and delicate , and down right wicked in a matter of seconds.

  • @Kelpy
    @Kelpy 4 роки тому +729

    millionaires, apocolypse, the grim reaper, and demonic robotic AI, sounds like right now

    • @billiejeandavey7945
      @billiejeandavey7945 4 роки тому +11

      Kelpy exactly

    • @NUKELEDGE
      @NUKELEDGE 4 роки тому +7

      who's the AI?

    • @matthewutech5970
      @matthewutech5970 4 роки тому +19

      @@NUKELEDGE "Maria", The dancer. I haven't seen the movie yet, but a big plot point is some dude wanted to 'Transfer' his dying wife essence to an automaton, so he hired a mad inventor to do it. The inventor created, what we call in the present, an AI. Iirc named after the dying wife, "Maria" a automatonic duplicatiant, 'Almost' like the original being she was made to mimic. The creation sequence of Maria is actually one of the other popular clips form this film. (See link)
      ua-cam.com/video/IcReykfvqi4/v-deo.html
      This is also why Maria's dance was jerky like a robot. She WAS a robot.
      (As a side note, I think this was one of the earliest examples of AI and robotics in a feature length film. It even came before the story that popularized the term "Robot".)

    • @Valery0p5
      @Valery0p5 4 роки тому +25

      @@matthewutech5970 not exactly.
      Hel, the boss's wife, died when giving birth to his son, and both his husband and the mad scientist couldn't accept her death (they both loved her). So while the robot was initially made to become like Hel, the boss told the scientist to make it look like Maria instead (the prophet), so that she could destroy the Workers ambitions.
      Yes it's a bit confused 😅

    • @matthewutech5970
      @matthewutech5970 4 роки тому +5

      @@Valery0p5 Aye, thanks for the correction. I have yet to see this film in full, so I only know so much about the plot.

  • @VitorMiguell
    @VitorMiguell 6 років тому +741

    if your party isn't that lit, don't even bother to invite me

    • @SEELE-ONE
      @SEELE-ONE 5 років тому +27

      Vtmgll wait... this party already has demons, the seven deadly sins, the horsemen of the apocalypse, allucinations, Death and the whore of Babylon... What kind of parties you go to!?

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 4 роки тому +7

      @Krogg Fashe Seems, more like Catholics, would provide all that.

    • @buckjohnson3748
      @buckjohnson3748 4 роки тому

      noone sure......

    • @ezekielbrockmann114
      @ezekielbrockmann114 4 роки тому

      lol

    • @ChupeTTe
      @ChupeTTe 3 роки тому +2

      @@SEELE-ONE
      Rothschildparties

  • @cumaeansibyl
    @cumaeansibyl Рік тому +277

    Honestly one of the greatest dances I've ever seen in a movie. I love that Helm skipped over all the usual "sexy" moves and went straight into this unhinged, inhuman mating dance. It's eerie and unsettling and raw.

    • @boop7313
      @boop7313 4 місяці тому +5

      totally agree and it's also extremely funny to watch haha!

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 3 місяці тому +2

      @@boop7313 It's hilarious.

  • @Gnarp_darp
    @Gnarp_darp 2 роки тому +28

    FINALLY I FOUND THE SUPER MARIO RPG

    • @johnbrent7644
      @johnbrent7644 Рік тому

      I saw this in a YTPMV by Coron 3 called “°”. Now I finally have the source.

  • @akiyoshidai
    @akiyoshidai 3 роки тому +46

    Lang directed it but his wife wrote the story and the script, what a freaking genius.

    • @Moonbreathmouse
      @Moonbreathmouse 2 місяці тому

      Her name was Thea Von Harbou. She wrote novels directed and acted.

  • @jordanwilliams1447
    @jordanwilliams1447 3 роки тому +70

    This movie was ahead of its time from every aspect from concept to script to execution to editing... This movie is amazing. Just watched it for the first time last night.

    • @wittwittwer1043
      @wittwittwer1043 3 роки тому

      Jordan comments: "This movie was ahead of its time from every aspect from concept to script to execution to editing... This movie is amazing." ....... I disagree. NOTHING is "ahead of its time." The invention or event is ON TIME; a revolutionary innovation or trend-setting display; it is a new influence, but soon passé. I remember when cars began to come out with dual headlights "ahead of their time." "Citizen Kane" was ahead of its time.

    • @tctyt
      @tctyt 3 роки тому

      @@wittwittwer1043 bullshit comment

    • @davidl5786
      @davidl5786 2 роки тому +1

      First view here 😁 beautiful film . 2,5 hours flew away and for a 1927 movie in 2022 this means that a lot

  • @Sakuraee94
    @Sakuraee94 8 років тому +1227

    I don't know why but this scene always scares me. The way she dances is so creepy

    • @dannyH84
      @dannyH84 6 років тому +8

      Desiree Santos hope you didn’t get sucked in 😉

    • @dennisbaker1002
      @dennisbaker1002 6 років тому +31

      Nothing creepy! Open up your sexual imagination!

    • @Kammithekiller
      @Kammithekiller 6 років тому +86

      It’s creepy alright. Walk across the street in a sundress and you’ll get that same reaction from random dudes lmao

    • @faithbringshope
      @faithbringshope 6 років тому +15

      if the picture is actually the person u responded to then she is just a child. your response is creepy!

    • @cooperkillen5729
      @cooperkillen5729 5 років тому +8

      @@faithbringshope She seems like she's a little a bit older.

  • @PokeDude011
    @PokeDude011 9 років тому +345

    3:29 This was already creepy enough, it didn't need a SPOOKY SCARY SKELETON!

  • @plushiebros64
    @plushiebros64 10 місяців тому +15

    Did uhh... did anybody else come from "super mario-o RPG, it is the only one just for me"

  • @scottweaverphotovideo
    @scottweaverphotovideo 2 роки тому +48

    This is an amazing segment from the movie. The looks on the faces of the young men as they leer at the semi-nude dancer are really something. I don't understand why Fritz Lang was so critical of the movie later, supposedly calling it 'silly'. I've always thought it was brilliant. The music really adds a lot. It should not be watched in silence.

    • @MagiTailWelkin
      @MagiTailWelkin Рік тому +12

      I believe Fritz Lang later considered the moral of "The mediator between the head and the hand must be the heart" as naive and childish. Not helped by the fact Metropolis was most like Hitler's favourite film and he saw himself as that mediating Christ like figure to Germany that Freder was for the city in the film.

    • @ColtraneTaylor
      @ColtraneTaylor Рік тому

      Visually, I think it's rubbish. I love 2001 though.

    • @yargundev9772
      @yargundev9772 Рік тому +2

      The message was silly. Corporate power will never come to terms till it ruins us completely.

    • @scottweaverphotovideo
      @scottweaverphotovideo Рік тому +2

      @@yargundev9772 I never paid that much attention to the message. My interest was the power of the imagery, the editing, etc.

  • @DJVirgoNeun1
    @DJVirgoNeun1 9 років тому +189

    1:22-1:26 Those are the most thirstiest mother fuckers I have ever seen! XD

    • @angelofdeath275
      @angelofdeath275 9 років тому +19

      +Nine PointO some perverted sheltered choir boys i swear

    • @katiebayliss9887
      @katiebayliss9887 7 років тому

      OkU2 gay men exist boy o.

    • @thomasbelisle6093
      @thomasbelisle6093 6 років тому +4

      They were sexual perverts lusting for her. Germans really know how to make a sick movie.

    • @TheGodParticle
      @TheGodParticle 6 років тому +1

      Thomas Belisle they make great porn movies too

    • @thomasbelisle6093
      @thomasbelisle6093 6 років тому +2

      TheGodParticle yes I know. I was stationed in Heidelberg Germany years ago when in the army. Hahaha.

  • @Buzbikebklyn1
    @Buzbikebklyn1 4 роки тому +64

    Damn I'm old.
    Every Saturday and Sunday, the local TV channels had movie days.
    When it would rain or snow or just crappy weather, my Dad took the 3 of us to prepare the "living room" with the essentials.
    Blankets and pillows, snacks and the must have "TV guide", my Dad was lost without one, I had to teach him about the "cable guide" it was more in-depth than the older TV guide.
    Heck, he actually watched the cable guide because he couldn't make up his mind what to watch.
    I set him up good.
    The military channel, the old History channel
    And all old movie channels I could find.
    Westerns, WW I and WWII, korea, Viet Nam.
    He watched it...
    As I was going to work on a few projects, I was leaving...
    He said
    "Where you going? Don't ya wanna watch the old movies with your Dad"
    Ohhhh low blow!
    Hit me right in my soft spot for my Dad.
    We pigged out on my famous snacks, and watched 4 movies that day, my wife didn't like it but TO Bad!
    That's my Pops and it a ritual for us
    BAD JuJu!!! Stay out if male bounding rituals.
    After he got very ill, I wouldn't leave his side.
    He passed away watching
    " The Quite Man" with John Wayne.
    He held my hand, and said Thank you, for watching TV with me
    After a few tears
    ( Go on... I dare you to say something.)
    And he slipped away.
    He was 88 y/o.
    I miss you Pops.

    • @michaelg5587
      @michaelg5587 3 роки тому +5

      Man i'm crying - give a d
      amn heads up before you deliver such a "low blow". Heartwarming story.

    • @judeirwin2222
      @judeirwin2222 3 роки тому +1

      Too bad, not to bad. The Quiet Man, not The Quite Man.

    • @Buzbikebklyn1
      @Buzbikebklyn1 3 роки тому +1

      @@judeirwin2222
      Sorry about that, I miss spell when I get excited.
      Fritz Lang gets me like that.
      That you for the correction.

    • @margomazzeo1680
      @margomazzeo1680 3 роки тому

      @@Buzbikebklyn1 Thats also how I want to go out..watching a great movie..

    • @morellawalker373
      @morellawalker373 3 місяці тому

      You and your dad were so blessed to have each other...

  • @RobertLock1978
    @RobertLock1978 6 років тому +169

    For inquiring minds, the conveniently 'missing' translation at 3:09 is as follows:
    And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, that was full of blasphemy, and had seven ten ogres. And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had a golden cup in her hand. And written on his forehead a name, a secret: The great Babylon the mother of all abominations on earth. I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints.
    Und ich sah ein Weib sitzen auf einem Scharlach farbenen Tier, das war voll Namen der Lästerung und hatte sieben zehn hömer. Und das Weib war bekleidet mit Purpur und Scharlach und hatte einen güldenen Becher in der hand. Und auf seiner Stirn geschrieben einen Namen, ein Geheimnis: Die grosse Babylon die Mutter aller Greuel auf Erden. Unc ich sah das Weib trunken dem Blut der heiligen.

    • @jamespuleo3269
      @jamespuleo3269 6 років тому +4

      THX~~

    • @RobertLock1978
      @RobertLock1978 6 років тому +3

      You're welcome :)

    • @faithbringshope
      @faithbringshope 6 років тому +10

      the whoar on the beast in the prophecy of Revelation

    • @faithbringshope
      @faithbringshope 6 років тому +15

      Revelation 17:Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:

    • @schleichface
      @schleichface 5 років тому +4

      It's actually "seven heads and ten horns" in 16th century biblical German. "sieben Häupter und zehn Hörner"

  • @xpaganda
    @xpaganda 9 років тому +205

    This scene and her transformation were some of my favourites in that movie.
    It's a great piece of work with a lot more creativity behind it than the generic Hollywood bullshit you get to see nowadays.

    • @nekolita
      @nekolita 9 років тому +11

      Oh the movie is so grand c: it's nice to see another fan

    • @madnessbydesign1415
      @madnessbydesign1415 5 років тому +6

      Love this movie so much... :)

  • @lalk1574
    @lalk1574 10 місяців тому +27

    Super Mario RPG... It is the only one just for me..

    • @A_G_w_R
      @A_G_w_R 10 місяців тому +7

      when i play the game i get lost in a phase

    • @MakianTheWorld
      @MakianTheWorld 6 місяців тому +5

      Then i find out im stuck in genos maze

  • @emmydragonartz
    @emmydragonartz 5 років тому +273

    3:33 everybody gangsta until the skeletons start playing the flute

    • @theRealPlaidRabbit
      @theRealPlaidRabbit 4 роки тому +10

      The femur of the species is more deadly than the mail.

    • @6610stix
      @6610stix 4 роки тому +1

      @@theRealPlaidRabbit
      But the skeleton was missing a tooth and nail.

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 4 роки тому +5

      EmmyDragon Artz, that phrase "everybody gangsta" ("..until the skeletons..") is too modern, need to find one which matches with the era of this video. How bout "they're right mad" ("..until the skeletons.."). A couple more examples:
      1920s and 1930s: "Why that screwy dame! What's the idea!?"
      21st century translation: "Damn that dumbass bitch! Whaz up wit dat!?"
      It's interesting the differences between how people talked then compared to now. I watch alot of old films

    • @emmydragonartz
      @emmydragonartz 4 роки тому +5

      Alvex Ok 1920s slang is one of my favorite things idk why but I just find it so funny

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 4 роки тому +3

      @@emmydragonartz, i like it too. I love films from about 1900 - 1950s in general, silent and sound, black and white and color. The 1930s have some of the very best, Fred and Ginger, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Janette McDonald and Nelson Eddie. I love the music from back then. The world was more formal, but also more charming and quaint. Films as explicit as this video though was rare.

  • @geokaplan59
    @geokaplan59 11 років тому +18

    It's from the visionary, original score by Gottfried Huppertz, which was re-recorded after "Metropolis" was restored. It's a soaring, romantic magpie of a score, with references to other music throughout. When Death appears in the scene above, for instance, Huppertz includes quotes from the Dies irae ("day of wrath") most famously used in Symphonie Fantastique. Great score for a great movie.

  • @OYSTERPERPETUALS
    @OYSTERPERPETUALS 10 років тому +282

    tbh, I found this scene really scary.

    • @esmermeza5793
      @esmermeza5793 9 років тому +7

      Me too:(

    • @majira-dy5im
      @majira-dy5im 7 років тому +7

      how? I found it funny.

    • @bwhittlebury7230
      @bwhittlebury7230 6 років тому +6

      Scary when you remember it later when you go home to a dark, empty house!

    • @quinnrollen
      @quinnrollen 6 років тому +9

      pilot. I found it disturbing as well as humorous. Incredible work.

    • @darrenhenderson6921
      @darrenhenderson6921 5 років тому

      @@esmermeza5793 hi

  • @clemc1422
    @clemc1422 3 роки тому +9

    Along with another contemporary film, "Nosferatu", this one pioneered what would later become the "Reefer Madness School of Acting".

  • @penzotoko6619
    @penzotoko6619 6 років тому +30

    Brigitte Helm is bloody amazing.

    • @leslielandberg5620
      @leslielandberg5620 5 років тому +5

      Bleak Solipsism and nobody talks about that enough! Maybe because she and Lang so brilliantly succeeded that the actual woman behind the creation is completely eclipsed. But yes, she is amazing!

  • @pasalasaga
    @pasalasaga Рік тому +9

    Super Mario RPG

  • @duterteistotallycrushing4520
    @duterteistotallycrushing4520 6 років тому +219

    It's like Charlie Chaplin meets David Lynch. Really delivers that heavy chest feeling.

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 5 років тому

      "...that heavy chest feeling." What does Bette Midler have to do with anything?...lol

    • @ChupeTTe
      @ChupeTTe 5 років тому +2

      Hahaha nice comparison. It looks a little bit eraserheadish

    • @TheodorStrauten
      @TheodorStrauten 5 років тому +4

      @@ChupeTTe But Lynch is surrealist,and Metropolis is expressionism

    • @ChupeTTe
      @ChupeTTe 5 років тому +2

      @@TheodorStrauten
      Metropolis is both,
      Youre right, but that aestathics from Metropolis had a great influence on David Lynch.

    • @mrz80
      @mrz80 4 роки тому

      "Charlie Chaplin meets David Lynch. That's a TERRIFIC analogy :D

  • @anglomik
    @anglomik 4 роки тому +18

    Lang was a visionary and a creative genius; daring and provocative.

  • @peggyfranzen6159
    @peggyfranzen6159 4 роки тому +9

    The great Fritz Lang classic movie"Metropolis", had such imagery.Fritz Lang's silent movies are among the best.

    • @peggyfranzen6159
      @peggyfranzen6159 3 роки тому

      I love silent film, and Fritz Lang's. movie " Metropolis"- is my favorite.⭐

  • @Vincisomething
    @Vincisomething 4 роки тому +11

    I watched this years ago for a high school media class. The dance scene is the only thing I remember lol

  • @drsnova7313
    @drsnova7313 9 років тому +26

    "Invites you to see a new erotic dancer"
    All the invitation actually says is "...invites you to be his guest tonight"

    • @MrsXanatrix
      @MrsXanatrix 8 років тому

      +DRSNova The uploader is prob. working with theold US translation of the movie and is not directly translating the text himself

  • @EntertainmentFilms26
    @EntertainmentFilms26 Рік тому +5

    One of the greatest scenes in silent film/cinematic history

  • @ladyrachel13
    @ladyrachel13 7 місяців тому +5

    The men's reactions are hilarious to me. 😂

  • @paddle_shift
    @paddle_shift 3 роки тому +2

    To me, what is stunning is how Fritz Lang understood that reality is 3 dimensional not 2D like other filmmakers of the day (and today) filmed. So, in this unreal depiction - depth, perspective just jumps out at the viewer. Spectacular! And THOSE TEETH, THOSE TEETH!

  • @mikeg4972
    @mikeg4972 3 роки тому +12

    This movie is a masterpiece!

  • @MusicOTNight2096
    @MusicOTNight2096 2 роки тому +3

    A few thoughts: One, this is my favorite scene, and favorite piece of music in the whole movie. Two: You know the guy is soft when he's delirious after only one 10 hour shift. Three: And to think, all the workers had been asking for all this time was a union rep.

  • @fordgalaxiexl
    @fordgalaxiexl 25 днів тому +2

    This scene makes me wanna follow those patterns for the rest of my gaming life

  • @cheryldeboissiere1851
    @cheryldeboissiere1851 6 місяців тому +2

    If one looks 👀 at an earlier scene in the movie 🎥, Metropolis is suppose to be Babel. Maria is telling that tale to the religious crowd. In a later scene when Frederich is visiting the factory 🏭 workplace, he cries out “Moloch!” (It’s captioned)
    Moloch is the Babylonian god that accepts baby sacrifices. The scene includes workers entering the machine mouth 👄 of Moloch.
    So yes, the male reaction to Hel disguised as Maria is exaggerated. One must remember that “Metropolis” is a modern dystopian retelling of the tale of the Fall of Babel (Babylon).
    The real Babylon fell to the invading army of the Gutians (Kurds today). The people of the Zagros mountains often were collected and gathered for sacrifice. Eannatum of Lagash is but one account of a Babylonian slaughter of these hill people. Eannatum is sufficient reference for Google if you desire to read about one of these slaughters

  • @jhvids7889
    @jhvids7889 Рік тому +4

    🎶Super Mario RPG
    It is the only one just for me
    When I played the game
    I got lost in a phase
    Then I found out
    I’m stuck in Geno’s Maze🎶

  • @user-nq7eg9in8g
    @user-nq7eg9in8g 3 роки тому +4

    not sure what creeps me out more - her dance moves or their facial expressions o.O

  • @abouttime5000
    @abouttime5000 3 роки тому +1

    Cinematography and special effects were astounding for the time.

  • @erliLila
    @erliLila 19 днів тому

    She's the star of this movie. One of the most unique performances I've seen. This and the chasing scene with the scientist are phenomenal

  • @superchef78
    @superchef78 11 років тому +135

    This is so wicked.

  • @braven117
    @braven117 5 років тому +7

    To see her dancing live must have been amazing.

  • @ischeele7203
    @ischeele7203 2 місяці тому

    Imagine being a movie-goer in 1927 and not seeing this at least twice

  • @jeronchly1300
    @jeronchly1300 Рік тому +3

    Is this that VIP sensei thing I’ve heard so much about

  • @xXNerizaXx
    @xXNerizaXx 8 років тому +68

    The thirst is real

  • @jerrycoob4750
    @jerrycoob4750 2 роки тому +3

    By the end of the scene, my jaw had actually dropped in sheer astonishment

    • @troytueller9992
      @troytueller9992 2 роки тому +2

      One of the greatest movies ever made without a doubt

  • @ddingus2254
    @ddingus2254 6 років тому +1

    you all really need to watch the entire movie..it was fascinating back then...and still is today

  • @susanvaughan-schiele210
    @susanvaughan-schiele210 Рік тому +1

    Such an accomplished film, technically and visually. A deserved classic. Unsurpassed.

  • @kajioukun
    @kajioukun Рік тому +6

    Super Mario RPG
    It is the only the Just for me

  • @jdollinter
    @jdollinter 9 років тому +5

    Imagine making these special effects today, instead of being original they would be a computer generated treatment because its easier and doesn't require any hard work.

  • @lexloose2112
    @lexloose2112 Місяць тому

    I've just watched a colourized version of this, it's a thing of beauty

  • @OneDotLeader
    @OneDotLeader Рік тому +2

    VIP-sensei is so back

  • @danielchance9076
    @danielchance9076 8 років тому +11

    you know what goes perfectly with this scene? play born this way when rotwang points haha

  • @inferna2606
    @inferna2606 7 років тому +7

    The 20s certainly was an...."interesting"....time for dance. I vote this be considered among the oddest dances of cinema ever recorded.

    • @katiebayliss9887
      @katiebayliss9887 6 років тому +2

      Katrin Elliott-Koroleva its not supposed to be a legitimate dance......

  • @bwhittlebury7230
    @bwhittlebury7230 6 років тому +3

    There is indeed a variation of this scene (at 3:31) when instead of lifting its arms up the skeleton swings the bone flute from side to s ide and then commences playing.

  • @Affenganove12
    @Affenganove12 2 роки тому +1

    This film is a masterpiece. In technique, music, acting and the message

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 3 роки тому +1

    Unfathomable mysterious and marvellous dance

  • @EnzoTheBaker
    @EnzoTheBaker 11 років тому +27

    How do you solve a problem like Maria?

    • @Kabbaway
      @Kabbaway 3 роки тому +3

      Something tells me that sending her to a fancy house to be a governess/step-mum won’t help in this case 😅

    • @thesmilingman7576
      @thesmilingman7576 3 роки тому

      I don't know about the real one but something tells me that if it was machine maria it would have something to do with a succsefully seduced mob

  • @coremusicpromotions
    @coremusicpromotions 11 років тому +51

    Super Mario RPG
    It is the only one just for me
    When I play the game, I get lost in a phase
    Then I find out I'm stuck in Geno's Maze

    • @doc8649
      @doc8649 5 років тому +2

      @K. Williamson wtf you don´t know the meme

    • @thesmilingman7576
      @thesmilingman7576 3 роки тому +1

      Why is this in a comment section of a video with a seductive erotic robotic dancer and not a comment section of a video with a guy who's channel icon has an identity crises daily playing one of my favorite games

  • @Bakufor666
    @Bakufor666 9 років тому +27

    Scary beholders,music and woman the masterpiece sci-fi

  • @contrafell3969
    @contrafell3969 10 місяців тому +18

    sigh
    *super mario oh rpg-*

  • @stevenbaer322
    @stevenbaer322 4 роки тому +7

    Metropolis came from Germany in 1927 where the people turned into robots from an evil scientist. Her dance is very creepy but yet fascinating though. This evil scientist wanted to use robotic people as slaves so he can be their dictator and manager. I am Bavarian decent but yet this early science fiction movie is bizarre and weird.

    • @GreenTeaViewer
      @GreenTeaViewer 4 роки тому

      how does being a decent Bavarian figure into this?

  • @littlerichie874
    @littlerichie874 Рік тому +5

    Both disturbing and brilliant. I fall to my knees in adulation and awe. Genius and madness. What more can I say?

  • @littleampton2
    @littleampton2 10 років тому +169

    That's kind of weird to think that maybe everyone in these 4 minutes is probably dead by now

    • @SuperDuckyWho
      @SuperDuckyWho 10 років тому +54

      Especially because it was filmed in pre-Nazi Germany and many of the actors were Jewish, and Frit's Langs own wife was a crazy Nazi that chased him out of the country for being Jewish. :/

    • @Calucifer13
      @Calucifer13 10 років тому +50

      Probably? No. Definitely!

    • @Hellionhellion_666
      @Hellionhellion_666 7 років тому +6

      Fritz Lang was Jewish?? oh I understand why this film is like this!!!! (symbolism and stuff)

    • @MisterSpider
      @MisterSpider 7 років тому +6

      I'M NOT CLAUDE FROLLO ANYMORE probably, more like definitely, I mean if you were 30 in this movie you'd be 120 if you were 0 you'd 90 but I don't see any kids in this scene.

    • @ws3489
      @ws3489 7 років тому +31

      @SuperDuckyWho Please get your facts straight: First of all Fritz Lang was Roman-Catholic, although his mother was born Jewish and converted to Catholicism before Fritz Lang was born. But the Nazis never chased Lang out of the country! Quite the contrary, Goebbels himself admired him as filmmaker and offered him a job as head of the German film studio UFA. However Lang choose to emigrate instead in 1934.
      And he divorced Thea von Harbou in 1933 already, so she wasn't his wife by then (and certainly had no say about her ex husband). And yeah, she was a member of the NSDAP, but probably more due to opportunistic/job reasons (like so many other artists) than true conviction. It's debatable if this makes it any better. But she also married an Indian immigrant later, so I guess at least she wasn't really a crazy, obsessed Nazi ideologist.

  • @crowdpleaser54
    @crowdpleaser54 9 років тому +65

    It's funny how much everyone is critiquing the concepts of film on here... I assumed most of us came here to watch sexy/evil Maria dance for us ;)

    • @VandelayIndustries61
      @VandelayIndustries61 9 років тому +12

      indeed, i am one of those jumbled eyes ... kudos to Brigitte for putting up with the brilliant but borderline psycho Lang ("I need to FEEL you in that robot costume:") ... she never worked with him again.

    • @undynetheundying874
      @undynetheundying874 9 років тому +5

      cutest selfie ever :-)

    • @MisterSpider
      @MisterSpider 7 років тому

      gloria lalor I came here because of the year of this movie

    • @iboarshock7059
      @iboarshock7059 7 років тому +2

      +gloria lalor
      Just like how everybody used to buy Playboy Magazine just for the articles...

    • @richardturner6981
      @richardturner6981 6 років тому +1

      gloria lalor will you dance for us?

  • @dabdella1460
    @dabdella1460 4 роки тому +1

    How was this film clip so well preserved.
    I love old films this was quite the treat
    Thank you.
    Dd

    • @thesmilingman7576
      @thesmilingman7576 3 роки тому

      I those people restoring it were prioritising this because of there strange attractions

  • @cynthiajohnson9412
    @cynthiajohnson9412 3 роки тому +3

    What a great Halloween theme party Metropolis would be.

  • @chillaxinnappin
    @chillaxinnappin Рік тому +5

    super mario rpg

  • @abaskxy
    @abaskxy 2 роки тому +4

    突然おすすめにVIP先生出てきて草

  • @karylhogan5758
    @karylhogan5758 4 роки тому +2

    Amazing film...hard to imagine what it must have been like to be lucky enough even to see this film...

  • @Laceykat66
    @Laceykat66 6 років тому +5

    I think this is how my dad thought of my life when I went away to college.

  • @popculture5114
    @popculture5114 9 років тому +5

    Han pasado 88 años y lamentablemente el deseo de Fritz Lang todavía no se cumplió. El estaba seguro de que la humanidad para esta época habría encontrado en su corazón un equilibrio entre el capitalismo y la democracia.
    Hasta el día de hoy, hay mas de 1300 millones de pobres que sobreviven fuera del sistema capitalista como pueden y otro 4400 millones de personas que dentro del capitalismo trabajan duro, para que unos pocos 1300 millones sean millonarios.
    El mundo es todavía una gran Metrópolis.

  • @oldbrasso808
    @oldbrasso808 3 роки тому

    Thanks for posting this. I cannot imagine why it has so many down votes

  • @duncansalyer2999
    @duncansalyer2999 10 місяців тому +2

    Quirked up automaton bustin it down Weimar style, is she goated with the sauce?

  • @KNK5122
    @KNK5122 7 років тому +14

    2:25 VIP-Sensei scene

  • @maddiemaccheese8170
    @maddiemaccheese8170 2 роки тому

    The music is SO perfect for the scene. Not only that, it's a banger. A win-win.

  • @claradonner5249
    @claradonner5249 2 роки тому +1

    This is the only thing I have been watching recently...

  • @hungfao
    @hungfao 6 років тому +30

    One of the best sci-fi movies of all time and quite a bit ahead of its time as well. Judging from some of the other comments, it is still a bit ahead of some.

  • @isbankabla
    @isbankabla 9 років тому +32

    this is so disturbing .....

  • @vanveleca
    @vanveleca Рік тому +15

    SUPER MARIO RPG REMAKE HYPE BABYYYYYYYY🎉🎉🎉

  • @MK-hh1vo
    @MK-hh1vo 2 роки тому +1

    I just found my 2022 Halloween costume! I absolutely love this segment and her dance! The men's reaction remind me of how men behave on a regular basis in the presence of an attractive woman. Walk past any construction site and this is what you face.

  • @raygsbrelcik5578
    @raygsbrelcik5578 3 роки тому +2

    This had to have been nothing less than forbidden pornography
    back then.

  • @phenom7149
    @phenom7149 9 років тому +7

    I may or may not have watched this scene enough times to get the music permanently stuck in my head.
    So like, it's a dance scene, a fan service scene, and a dream scene that also closes the act - can't get much better

  • @videoswithduncan1502
    @videoswithduncan1502 Місяць тому +2

    1927: wow this is a good film!
    2007: super mario rpg it is the only one just for me

  • @Mossman1223
    @Mossman1223 10 років тому +5

    The invitation says more along the lines of "C. A Rotwang asks you to be his guest tonight", instead of mentioning anything about a new erotic dancer as suggested in the annotation.
    just thought I'd throw that out there

  • @bmcgoo6027
    @bmcgoo6027 6 років тому

    Art deco design and excellent original direction and vision - a masterpiece.

  • @jh9391
    @jh9391 2 роки тому +1

    This movie blows my mind. It's timeless!! 😃

  • @toridactylband9383
    @toridactylband9383 5 років тому +5

    They cut out that one scene where a guy in the back "made it rain"
    in deutschmarks

  • @withgoddess7164
    @withgoddess7164 3 роки тому

    It's been over 35 years since I watched that with my little son. I can't remember anything about it anymore I think it's time to rewatch the whole movie. 💀

  • @elenaemerson1454
    @elenaemerson1454 3 роки тому +1

    BEautiful! EVERYBODY should see this movie...

  • @MissTia777
    @MissTia777 8 років тому +75

    This is Madonna and Beyonce of the 21st Century!

    • @noahbeiro1442
      @noahbeiro1442 8 років тому +9

      what?

    • @ngocthanhvo4714
      @ngocthanhvo4714 7 років тому

      Меtroроlis mооооviе hеrе => twitter.com/cbfa52c21e22ead9b/status/795842254870958080 МММеtrорolis Dаnсе Sссcсеnе

    • @laylahill8878
      @laylahill8878 5 років тому +1

      @FlyingMonkies325 all of them

    • @LudiusQuassas
      @LudiusQuassas 5 років тому +5

      That's the intention.
      Pop idols have become so sexualized that now they seduce the masses, and create almost religious fanbases.
      These are fake idols, abhorrent role models who just want to see the world burn. Fake Maria is a great prediction.
      Remember the fall of the Roman empire and Baghdad?

    • @LudiusQuassas
      @LudiusQuassas 5 років тому

      Also, I need to mention how good the soundtrack is.
      It's perfectly made for this scene. It's far more vibrant, energetic, vicious and "childish" than the rest of the movie's musical score.
      This is for a reason, faster music with more modular and repetitive structures tends to create earworms easier than your standard orchestra. It's more pleasant to the ear but lacks a lot of the substance good music has, like fast food.
      Today's pop music is the greatest example, with repetitive rythms and motifs. It's made to stick instantly but be forgotten in the long run. Just a trainwreck of both visual and auditive pleasure.

  • @drunkstepdadproductions7857
    @drunkstepdadproductions7857 2 роки тому +2

    1:13 my friend yelled HIT THE GRIDDY!!!!! then we could not stop laughing for 5 minutes

  • @bettyprice6316
    @bettyprice6316 3 роки тому +1

    Stunning dancer, very skillful.

  • @aliyourbrother1
    @aliyourbrother1 11 років тому +5

    Madonna does some of that evil Mariah stuff in the superbowl halftime show. I think it was 2010. Beyonce, too in one of her videos.