MrChenrezi - most likely yes as that how such lightning & electrical energy effects were made in movies before computers & cgi. Rotoscoped & hand drawn onto the film cells
I believe that one of the men responsible for the effects here said that they were done practically, with circular neon tubes suspended on wires. There is a drawing to that effect: the seventh image down on this page: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-magazine-looks-at-metropolis-a-movie-based-on-science-4328353/ I wonder if he mis-remembered, because it seems unlikely to me. Cell animation seems more plausible. Either way, it still looks amazing to this day.
These movies have the perfect eerie feels to them, something I never found in recent sci fi or horror films. The things nightmares as well as dreams are made of. I can't explain it.
Just like the first Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong. They have an elemental quality. Film itself has it's own message. It helps to remember the kind of adventure stories and gothic thrillers that were out at the time. With no censor board. An exciting time. I highly recommend getting some of the precode DVD Box sets. Gives you an insight as to how hip the writers were back then. Wonderful films you can't forget. I'm a huge fan.
If you saw the first "Alien" movie for the first time in a movie theater you would have pooped in your pants. That movie was just as frightening as the early horror films.
Even by today's standards the presentation and special effects are impressive, and the fact that they did all this in 1927 without computers is astounding.
@@onidaaitsubasa4177 also it looking a bit "home made" give it an air of authenticity and mystery that you don't get with the seamless smooth computer generated perfection of later si fi .......
Special effects that took another 30 years to equal, the most influential film of all time and a story that resonates to this day. Simply the greatest film ever made.
Nope, I took this great once-in-every few years class "German 180Z" ("Loving the Dead" was the subtitle of Professor Rickles' class regarding early movies obsession with the alter ego's ability to cheat a judgment before death and also ultimately to cheat life and death equally.. with a hugely (baneful) Freudian bent; the Prof allowed me to bring my serpent child Simon to class. And strangely enough I had met him first in the antiquities room (very small, mostly oriental) at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. And I'd bump into this same Fascinating Dandy of an older man Each and Every time thereafter-- Museum=Rickles. But I'm inured by now to life's capricous intent to underscore the cyclical in this wondrous universe we get to become part of once the body becomes unnecessary. And remember: Death is a Process, and Natural. Trust your ability to heal; liken death to that.
Actually I have shown this film to my grand kids. They remember it and the few that are not brain dead realize just how special these effects are, all done in camera, on a single piece of film with multiple exposures.
This isn't even horror or anything of the sort and her stare is legitimately creepy from the eyes of the robot to her waking up and just staring without blinking. Sent chills down my spine.
This is what I love about special effects from the old days. You watch scenes like this one or the stargate sequence in 2001 or the parting of the red sea in The Ten Commandments, and you wonder "How did they do that?" "How did they make it look so convincing?" There was a great mystery to it. When you watch a Marvel flick today, there's no mystery as to how it was done. We know it was rendered on a computer, likely using After Effects or a similar program. The magic is lost when you know how the trick was done.
I took a silent film class as an elective in college. Most of these movies are practical effects. But anything they couldn't do in terms of practical effects they would paint onto each individual frame of the film reel by hand meticulously (about 30 frames per second) as for the transparent overlay im assuming they physically overlayed two frames on top of each other. They also used the painting technique to make movies have "color" before color film was a thing by actually painting each scene by hand. The craftsmanship on classic films is actually pretty insane.
Eric Schroeder That's exactly what I thought. I myself have been wondering how stuff like this was made with all the visual effects. But I also thought of a solution that seems quite similar to your response. And I was right! So they actuallu did paint over the frames, which definetly makes sense, because computers never actually existed until later through the decades. People were still using artistic concepts in those days, and even WAY in the past before film was a thing. They couldn't develop cameras and all they had were paint and paper to sketch with to make portraits. People were ARTISTS. Movies are always depending on frames, not just movement itself, and the reason why I'm pointing that out is that the life we are living in today revolves around movement. Nothing is moving by frame in reality. But hey, it's still crazy to think that they painted a hand full of frames just to produce these films! #nerdgasm
You watch this, and think: 1926? No. Way. It's seamless, beautiful, and perfect. You could not improve on it. I first saw it about 30 years ago, and had a terrible crush on Brigitte Helm. ;D
isn't it sad.. no one left to reminisce on this movie.. no one from that era might be alive atm people get replaced but their art remains forever for the future generations to appreciate
The scientist character in this sequence, Rotwang, and his elaborate laboratory and fiery effects, became the template for films whenever the source material called for a "mad doctor" type 😃
Special effects were good awesome for 1927. Still impressive almost 100 years later! The scale of the sets in this movie, the special effects, and the meaning of this movie, still ring true almost 100 years later! Absolute masterpiece!
according to an 80s CINEFEX article, the electrical arc circles were multiple-exposed one at a time, with each 'hoop' being solid and manouvered the same way as the hydraulics in a fork-lift truck works------a cut-out black shape exactly the same size as the Robot ensured the hoops looked like they were part of the same image. The percentage of the exposure was diffused, to make it look transparent-------fantastic results, even when seen today.
The symbology of this film was ahead of its time. Prophetic! As we are living and experiencing in today's world with the advancements in technology. More specifically with A.I., robotics, bio-enchancements/engineering, epigenetics, etc. As well as the pentagram from esoteric and occult teachings inferring the connection between the enslaving of the human soul/spirit and consciousness into this material 3-dimensional plane of existence by "The Machine." Which can be also interpreted as the false god. Through which in this transhumanist era, humans are attached to their devices and technology such as their phones and the internet with social media and further more with Augmented reality and Virtual reality. The continual oppression and enslavement of the human soul and consciousness. Forcing and lowering their vibrational state of being... Dark Times indeed.
Funny how SFX in celluloid back then, using primitive cameras to boot, looks more convincing and pleasing to the eye than those digital (and boring) mega whatchamaycallits passing for SFX today.
Don't act like YOU know what you're talking about when you don't realize they meant Special Effects, instead of Sound Effects. Stop being a dick, also.
@@averythesuperhero The fuck is with you? OP has legitimate remark about the state of the arts. This 1927 film is more believable in effects and more immersive than the lazy bozos who do CGI in most films these days.
Its not the advancements in technology to blame but the regression in effort put forth by creators today at least the ones getting advertised and sponsored,
Given that this was all done in camera, with a single piece of film run through several times, it's amazing. Just think what the audience thought of in the day, they had never seen the like of it.
It took many months for Fritz Lang to make a film like "Metropolis," given the rather primitive means of special effects in those days. The film is still largely relevant and a masterpiece.
Excellent rendition. Especially liked the the ultra-eerie sequence [2:30], ending with the strident note of [2:40] as Parody Futura the Robotrix awakens, appearing as human flesh, but underneath a machine completely without a soul.
The similarities between the Maria Robot (1927) and the Sophia Robot (2018) are creepy, eerie, and uncanny. "Metropolis" is a TRUE PROPHESY from start to finish.
Yes that seene as a five year old scared the hell out of me and when I would cut up my cousins would put me back in line by chasing me around the house with those skeleton movements' even seeing the movie well into adulthood it brought back memories what a great movie anyone notice the pentagram behind the robot.
Lang made Brigitte Helm (Maria) wear the robot suit for those parts as well, even though there is no way to tell who was in it when filming. The suit hurt her so much, the filming and set staff would put money into the suit to help compensate her for Lang's obsession.
@@alanfoster6589 Nope. It was made from a molded putty that when cured, was somewhat wood like. They would mold the rough piece, then sand and carve it to shape, then paint it.
Being a science geek it just makes so much sense can you imagine each circle of energy was either magnetism or frequency just imagine rejuvenation 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Rotwang, I was told, means "wet cheeks" in German, an euphemism for diaper rash. Rotwang was a pain in the ass to Joh's father. He was also the inspiration for many other "mad scientists" in movies to come, including Dr. Strangelove. The camera techniques and equipment were designed just for this film. I have the most fully restored version found on DVD -- the extras included explain a lot of the movie in detail. In the parts that are forever lost, they filled in with text from the original surviving documentation explaining what happened. Definitely a great movie for its time.
Charlie Chaplain seemed to do a callback to Metropolis in his final Speech in "The Great Dictator" When he references "Machine men with machine minds" There also looks like a wink and nod to it with his film "Modern Times".
If this is a prophesy that is true, it should be taken more metaphorically or else the trigger for the real fulfillment of it may just as easily slip between our awareness and cause similar effect. Those affected in the film were blissfully unaware of danger as they gradually but clearly became victims in the perspective of viewers. Just as the progression into negative behavior was unnoticeable to them, maybe the same can happen to us with the difference being that there won't be a camera to directly speed up the transformation for easy retrospective comparison.
He's an evil scientist from Germany in the 1920's. The woman died but yet her spirit lived in the 🤖 robot creating a new race of cyborg. The evil scientist wanted to create want a new world under his authority just like Adolf Hitler. Robots who always obey without questioning and super strength. The mind and intelligence of a human being. A real life cyborg. These 1920's science fiction movies were actually ahead of their own time? Thanks for putting this together, I totally forgotten about Metropolis.
Umm....no? Maria did not die, obviously, and all the robot got was her likeness. And Rotwang's motive for creating an artificial human was a lost love, not "world domination by means of super-strong robots". You missed the point by a mile.
This gives me a lot of chills and a lot of nightmares the first time I watched it when I was a kid. The cinematic music for this scene is quite different though, I remember it was in a deep tune, kind of like a futuristic computer tune. More creepy, more of a sinister sound. I hope I find that version with that very music.
Palo Duong it falls under the uncanny valley it seems so real so human even though it's not making us feel awkward or creeped out but this was decades ahead of it's time and one the best cosutme designs in movie history
I'm wondering how anyone could vote thumbs down to a film made nearly 100 years ago!?? ESPECIALLY such a landmark film. Probably the same nine tenths of one percent who vote thumbs down to one of my Suspense Radio episodes!
![[4k, 60fps, colorized] (1927) Metropolis, Fritz Lang. Maria's transformation.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VJVUQ5gHsZI/mqdefault.jpg)
Those special effects are 90 years old. I think they look great for its age.
Exact same thing me and my son were talking about, Just awesome work.
Almost 100 now.
All done without the benefit of CGI. Pretty impressive.
The subjects remind of ghost in the shell
you dont say meme
If I'm remembering correctly, all the zappy-glowy special effects in this scene were hand-drawn.
Now THAT is dedication.
The art of animation...
Claymation and stop motion is also in the same genre... they meticolously set up each frame one after another...
MrChenrezi - most likely yes as that how such lightning & electrical energy effects were made in movies before computers & cgi. Rotoscoped & hand drawn onto the film cells
Or, they used static electricity, like Tesla.
Das ist deutsches Handwerk 🇩🇪
I believe that one of the men responsible for the effects here said that they were done practically, with circular neon tubes suspended on wires. There is a drawing to that effect: the seventh image down on this page: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-magazine-looks-at-metropolis-a-movie-based-on-science-4328353/ I wonder if he mis-remembered, because it seems unlikely to me. Cell animation seems more plausible. Either way, it still looks amazing to this day.
These movies have the perfect eerie feels to them, something I never found in recent sci fi or horror films. The things nightmares as well as dreams are made of. I can't explain it.
Just like the first Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong. They have an elemental quality. Film itself has it's own message. It helps to remember the kind of adventure stories and gothic thrillers that were out at the time. With no censor board. An exciting time. I highly recommend getting some of the precode DVD Box sets. Gives you an insight as to how hip the writers were back then. Wonderful films you can't forget. I'm a huge fan.
Uncanny Valley
@@sclogse1 I think because they based largely on reality.
If you saw the first "Alien" movie for the first time in a movie theater you would have pooped in your pants. That movie was just as frightening as the early horror films.
Can you imagine how stunning this would have been for 1927 moviegoers?
They were probably fainting in the isles. :)
I assume that to them, this was just as impressive as Terminator 2 (1991) was to my generation.
Even by today's standards the presentation and special effects are impressive, and the fact that they did all this in 1927 without computers is astounding.
@@onidaaitsubasa4177 Yes, I agree! I think the most impressive thing are the sets, showing the huge city. They still hold up even today.
@@onidaaitsubasa4177 also it looking a bit "home made" give it an air of authenticity and mystery that you don't get with the seamless smooth computer generated perfection of later si fi .......
Done 86 years ago and still 100 years ahead. That. Is. SCI-FI.
Wow
Can't believe it's been almost a decade since you posted this comment...
@@googlelord1678 how do you know?
@@gnagna4715 Magic
96 years now
Hello!
This movie is one of the most important piece of art.
The viewers in 1927 had to have been blown away by this.
They must have lost their minds. I mean those effects still look decent lol
Special effects that took another 30 years to equal, the most influential film of all time and a story that resonates to this day.
Simply the greatest film ever made.
Wizard of Oz, is still my favorite. but yeah Met...' really good.
Hmmm, Marvel must take note
Well ackchyually, special effects advanced at an incredible rate in that 30 years, it's just that cameras advanced faster :D
Only 1920s kids will remember
I'm afraid the 1920's kids don't remember very much these days!
Ah Gian people have been watching this film for generations
Gian Saculsan no!
Nope, I took this great once-in-every few years class "German 180Z" ("Loving the Dead" was the subtitle of Professor Rickles' class regarding early movies obsession with the alter ego's ability to cheat a judgment before death and also ultimately to cheat life and death equally.. with a hugely (baneful) Freudian bent; the Prof allowed me to bring my serpent child Simon to class. And strangely enough I had met him first in the antiquities room (very small, mostly oriental) at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. And I'd bump into this same Fascinating Dandy of an older man Each and Every time thereafter-- Museum=Rickles. But I'm inured by now to life's capricous intent to underscore the cyclical in this wondrous universe we get to become part of once the body becomes unnecessary. And remember: Death is a Process, and Natural. Trust your ability to heal; liken death to that.
Actually I have shown this film to my grand kids. They remember it and the few that are not brain dead realize just how special these effects are, all done in camera, on a single piece of film with multiple exposures.
I read that C-3PO is based on the design of that robot
miom thank you for the information 🖒
That robot looks futuristic nice special effects
... it's true...
Why read. Just look
I think you're right! I've never noticed that!
Mary Shelley says, "You're welcome."
The fact that the special effects was used in this film back in 1927 is incredible and impressive. One of my favorite films of all time.
This isn't even horror or anything of the sort and her stare is legitimately creepy from the eyes of the robot to her waking up and just staring without blinking. Sent chills down my spine.
The scene where Becky wakes up as a "pod person" in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is similar.
This is transhumanism
That's also called transcreepyism @@kingkoi6542
Don’t you see the massive pentagram behind her😂
This is what I love about special effects from the old days. You watch scenes like this one or the stargate sequence in 2001 or the parting of the red sea in The Ten Commandments, and you wonder "How did they do that?" "How did they make it look so convincing?" There was a great mystery to it.
When you watch a Marvel flick today, there's no mystery as to how it was done. We know it was rendered on a computer, likely using After Effects or a similar program. The magic is lost when you know how the trick was done.
ua-cam.com/video/7Z0lNch5qkQ/v-deo.htmlsi=sy9bypSLBw6BAV5a is most shocking scene I ve ever watched
The way the music hit when she opened her eyes gave me chills...
How they did those effects in 1927???????
I took a silent film class as an elective in college. Most of these movies are practical effects. But anything they couldn't do in terms of practical effects they would paint onto each individual frame of the film reel by hand meticulously (about 30 frames per second) as for the transparent overlay im assuming they physically overlayed two frames on top of each other. They also used the painting technique to make movies have "color" before color film was a thing by actually painting each scene by hand. The craftsmanship on classic films is actually pretty insane.
Eric Schroeder That's exactly what I thought. I myself have been wondering how stuff like this was made with all the visual effects. But I also thought of a solution that seems quite similar to your response. And I was right! So they actuallu did paint over the frames, which definetly makes sense, because computers never actually existed until later through the decades. People were still using artistic concepts in those days, and even WAY in the past before film was a thing. They couldn't develop cameras and all they had were paint and paper to sketch with to make portraits. People were ARTISTS.
Movies are always depending on frames, not just movement itself, and the reason why I'm pointing that out is that the life we are living in today revolves around movement. Nothing is moving by frame in reality. But hey, it's still crazy to think that they painted a hand full of frames just to produce these films!
#nerdgasm
Rothschild $$$
@@ericschroeder3302 did they colour Gone with the Wind too ?
@@lelakitersakiti7759 No, that was shot in Technicolor.
I can't unsee the image of the robot turning into Freddie Mercury now
RADIO GA GA
RADIO GO GO
RADIO GA GA
This is mad science at its finest.
Ah yes ....Kelly Le Brock
You watch this, and think: 1926? No. Way. It's seamless, beautiful, and perfect. You could not improve on it. I first saw it about 30 years ago, and had a terrible crush on Brigitte Helm. ;D
isn't it sad..
no one left to reminisce on this movie.. no one from that era might be alive atm people get replaced but their art remains forever for the future generations to appreciate
The scientist character in this sequence, Rotwang, and his elaborate laboratory and fiery effects, became the template for films whenever the source material called for a "mad doctor" type 😃
Frankenstein being on screen since 1910
@@2adamastyeah but does he have a robot hand, i think not.
The effects are better than the Bollywood movies of todays
Love it, thanks for sharing!!! I saw this film some years ago in a theater, with life music performed by Art Zoyd, an unforgettable evening!!
Amazing how well they grasped robotics and automation so early on
Only in this film. It would take years before the rest of the cinema world would catch up.
Special effects were good awesome for 1927. Still impressive almost 100 years later!
The scale of the sets in this movie, the special effects, and the meaning of this movie, still ring true almost 100 years later!
Absolute masterpiece!
according to an 80s CINEFEX article, the electrical arc circles were multiple-exposed one at a time, with each 'hoop' being solid and manouvered the same way as the hydraulics in a fork-lift truck works------a cut-out black shape exactly the same size as the Robot ensured the hoops looked like they were part of the same image. The percentage of the exposure was diffused, to make it look transparent-------fantastic results, even when seen today.
The effects are amazing for that year
The special effects was way before it's time.... That's Crazy..
The symbology of this film was ahead of its time. Prophetic! As we are living and experiencing in today's world with the advancements in technology. More specifically with A.I., robotics, bio-enchancements/engineering, epigenetics, etc. As well as the pentagram from esoteric and occult teachings inferring the connection between the enslaving of the human soul/spirit and consciousness into this material 3-dimensional plane of existence by "The Machine." Which can be also interpreted as the false god. Through which in this transhumanist era, humans are attached to their devices and technology such as their phones and the internet with social media and further more with Augmented reality and Virtual reality. The continual oppression and enslavement of the human soul and consciousness. Forcing and lowering their vibrational state of being... Dark Times indeed.
Yes someone got an early edition to our future.
Thank you for the music, Mr. White!
Yo, Mr. White, your music da best!
Funny how SFX in celluloid back then, using primitive cameras to boot, looks more convincing and pleasing to the eye than those digital (and boring) mega whatchamaycallits passing for SFX today.
Don't act like you know what you're talking about when you can't tell the difference between SFX (Sound Effects) and VFX (Visual Effects).
Don't act like YOU know what you're talking about when you don't realize they meant Special Effects, instead of Sound Effects.
Stop being a dick, also.
@@averythesuperhero The fuck is with you? OP has legitimate remark about the state of the arts. This 1927 film is more believable in effects and more immersive than the lazy bozos who do CGI in most films these days.
Back then it was story above effects.
Its not the advancements in technology to blame but the regression in effort put forth by creators today at least the ones getting advertised and sponsored,
Given that this was all done in camera, with a single piece of film run through several times, it's amazing. Just think what the audience thought of in the day, they had never seen the like of it.
Incredible special effects for its time.
It took many months for Fritz Lang to make a film like "Metropolis," given the rather primitive means of special effects in those days. The film is still largely relevant and a masterpiece.
The old black and white films are usually full of all sorts of flaws on the screen...this one is remarkably clear.
Am I the only one who thinks this is beautiful?
You are not alone... ;-)
Nope
francisco andrada Yes you are. You are also the only person who has ever seen or even knows about the film Metropolis. You are truly one of a kind.
Yes, you are. You're the only person in the world who can appreciate the artistry of a good film. Congratulations.
...it is beautiful and eerie at the same time...
They should show this movie in theaters again for the 100th anniversary
Excellent rendition. Especially liked the the ultra-eerie sequence [2:30], ending with the strident note of [2:40] as Parody Futura the Robotrix awakens, appearing as human flesh, but underneath a machine completely without a soul.
The similarities between the Maria Robot (1927) and the Sophia Robot (2018) are creepy, eerie, and uncanny.
"Metropolis" is a TRUE PROPHESY from start to finish.
Or, ya know, the people who made the 2018 film were inspired and wanted to make it look like the 1927 one as an Easter egg.
I am sure it was no coincidence since this is a true classic.
This scene and the fight with the skeletons in Jason and the argonauts still blow me away. CGI just doesn’t come anywhere close to this kind of magic.
Some moments in the first three Pirates films had some real magic. And remarkable dialogue to go with.
Was that a Queen refrence?
Back in the fifties stop-motion was ruling - and Ray Harrihausen was the king of the art.
Yes that seene as a five year old scared the hell out of me and when I would cut up my cousins would put me back in line by chasing me around the house with those skeleton movements' even seeing the movie well into adulthood it brought back memories what a great movie anyone notice the pentagram behind the robot.
The Golem meets Doctor Frankenstein in art deco and 1920s sci-fi
actually the style of Frankenstein's laboratory came from this
wunderbar !
Brilliant scene from an unforgettable film
To think that Henry Ford was still making the model T car when this was made,makes the special effects so a head of its time
Fritz Lang created the image what a mad scientist and his laboratory would look and work like from scratch
Frankenstein is on screen since 1910(?)
This is the ONLY SciFi film I enjoyed watching in my entire life!!! The message in this film is clearly stated.
Would look even more spectacular with a 4k colour makeover .
Beautiful.
Lang made Brigitte Helm (Maria) wear the robot suit for those parts as well, even though there is no way to tell who was in it when filming. The suit hurt her so much, the filming and set staff would put money into the suit to help compensate her for Lang's obsession.
PointyTailofSatan Maria false Mary Catholicism!
The robot suit was made of...plywood.
@@alanfoster6589 Nope. It was made from a molded putty that when cured, was somewhat wood like. They would mold the rough piece, then sand and carve it to shape, then paint it.
I am sure the suit was horrible to wear but the few seconds we see of her moving in the suit was excellent.
They did all this with no talking and the technology of that time. Just WOW
I've always thought that Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine" would have been a perfect soundtrack to Metropolis.
Yeah, but I think it wasn't out back then. 😉
Wow! 91 years...
Superb: compare & contrast with such scenes in The Golem and the original Frankenstein [Karloff]. Each of these films a classic in its own right.
Still relevant almost a century later
She just open her eyes but she was so creepy!
I would have totally banged her back then.......
@@logankincade661 ...get in line behind Bender... 🤖😆🤣
Those special fx were something else .
Wish I had a workshop like that!
I swear this clip was on encarta back in the day
How weird am I to think these effect are better than a lot of today's CGI?
Not in the least. Anyone can hire a couple tech heads to faff around on a computer. This, on the other hand…
This is really impressive!
The making of this movie was pure magic...Magic that is gone from Hollywood forever... You can no longer wonder "how did they do that?"...
So true, but it's not a Hollywood movie.
It was directed by Fritz Lang and he shot this masterpiece in Babelsberg and Staaken, Germany
Wow!
the people who didn't know they had epilepsy before they walked into the theater will know now
Incredible
Mr. White. I do really like your music. The clarinet (if I'm not wrong) tremolo from 0:45 to 0:52 is disturbingly shocking. Congratulations.
Thanks very much. Yes, clarinet - with piccolo doubling - are actually trilling...
Her face when her eyes opened always used to freak me out.
Being a science geek it just makes so much sense can you imagine each circle of energy was either magnetism or frequency just imagine rejuvenation 🤔🤔🤔🤔
I remember this kind of video in Encarta that legit scared me as a kid
She looks so peaceful…
Damn I love these effects such as the music. It remind me of Heroes of Might and Magic III
Do you think the back to the future people got the Doc (crazy inventor) look from this guy?
Sci-fi masterpiece...WOW!!!🎉❤😊
Considering this was made roughly 86 yrs ago, the scenery and plot are both
amazing!
It’s crazy how time goes. Now it’s 98 years old
A great picture
Does anyone find this creepy?
Aku Is Here the inverted pentagram, that’s the first thing I noticed
me
It's supposed to be creepy. After all the mad inventor is putting all the memories into the robot.
That's. Kind of the whole point. There's something wrong with you if you *aren't* unsettled.
Well that's the point isn't it?
Rotwang, I was told, means "wet cheeks" in German, an euphemism for diaper rash. Rotwang was a pain in the ass to Joh's father. He was also the inspiration for many other "mad scientists" in movies to come, including Dr. Strangelove. The camera techniques and equipment were designed just for this film. I have the most fully restored version found on DVD -- the extras included explain a lot of the movie in detail. In the parts that are forever lost, they filled in with text from the original surviving documentation explaining what happened. Definitely a great movie for its time.
As well as now this movie lacks no truth, presently just look around.
Nice effects!
How they make the effect without computer?
The art of this age was something else.pscy.
Amazing technique.
Charlie Chaplain seemed to do a callback to Metropolis in his final Speech in "The Great Dictator" When he references "Machine men with machine minds" There also looks like a wink and nod to it with his film "Modern Times".
If the academy awards were at that time, this scene would get the Oscar for special effects.
Very nice score!
I was expecting Freddie Mercury to appear singing ‘Radio Ga Ga’
If this is a prophesy that is true, it should be taken more metaphorically or else the trigger for the real fulfillment of it may just as easily slip between our awareness and cause similar effect. Those affected in the film were blissfully unaware of danger as they gradually but clearly became victims in the perspective of viewers. Just as the progression into negative behavior was unnoticeable to them, maybe the same can happen to us with the difference being that there won't be a camera to directly speed up the transformation for easy retrospective comparison.
@wesisagisback yeah, but the city shots look so awesome.
Helm was actually under the costume when the robot first walks in front of Joh Fredersen. So the robot would have her mannerisms.
Thank you. I must check out the Sibelius Notation System.I'm sure it will be a big help to me.
The terminator's beginning.
Ahead of it's time
He's an evil scientist from Germany in the 1920's. The woman died but yet her spirit lived in the 🤖 robot creating a new race of cyborg. The evil scientist wanted to create want a new world under his authority just like Adolf Hitler. Robots who always obey without questioning and super strength. The mind and intelligence of a human being. A real life cyborg. These 1920's science fiction movies were actually ahead of their own time? Thanks for putting this together, I totally forgotten about Metropolis.
Umm....no? Maria did not die, obviously, and all the robot got was her likeness. And Rotwang's motive for creating an artificial human was a lost love, not "world domination by means of super-strong robots". You missed the point by a mile.
We watch the shows, we watch the stars, on videos for hours and hours. We hardly need to use our ears, our music changes through the years...
Radio, someone still loves you
Ahead of it’s time
Did the professor skip any visual effects ?
2022 no longer a fiction, it’s a working process
This gives me a lot of chills and a lot of nightmares the first time I watched it when I was a kid. The cinematic music for this scene is quite different though, I remember it was in a deep tune, kind of like a futuristic computer tune. More creepy, more of a sinister sound. I hope I find that version with that very music.
Why did he make the robot so creepy tho
Palo Duong it falls under the uncanny valley it seems so real so human even though it's not making us feel awkward or creeped out but this was decades ahead of it's time and one the best cosutme designs in movie history
Once he had it transformed into the appearance of Maria, the creepiness factor went away.
In this movie he yells moloch at 14:08.
There is more to this Movie Masterpiece(MM) then meet the all seeing eye
Alchemy meets science at its visual finest.
Can you please explain
I'm wondering how anyone could vote thumbs down to a film made nearly 100 years ago!?? ESPECIALLY such a landmark film. Probably the same nine tenths of one percent who vote thumbs down to one of my Suspense Radio episodes!
Amazing to think this movie came out 30 years ago.
Actually it's 90 years ago. :-D