Metropolis Film Review
The film "Metropolis' ' is a significant milestone in the science fiction genre of
cinematography and film. I believe it was the first to pioneer the expressionist style of avant
garde cinema, complemented by the exaggerated body movement that allows us to throughout
analyze each character, while introducing several tropes that are now common within science
fiction films today such the evil twin, mad scientist, villian understanding the extent of their
harm, and the hero and heroine. I believe that the usage of chiaroscuro, set design, and mise en
scene are revolutionary in cultivating a film that is hauntingly beautiful within its expression.
"Metropolis' ' established tropes such as the evil twin, plot twists, and the futuristic city aesthetic
that is adorned with jagged cityscapes and flying cars. Yet within all of this evolution we see
similarities between today and the past when this film was made. The quote “ The mediator
between Head and Hands Must Be The Heart'' is significant in understanding the moral concept
of this film. It sheds light upon the oblivious affluences of the protagonist and the
unacknowledged hands that toil to sustain his opulent life. Similarly today thousands of people
work to a great point of exhaustion just to sustain life, yet the people and the companies they
work for profit off of their diligence, it is clarity of the exploitation of the working class.
Ifee like from a symbolism perspective, the worker showcase the diligence of the working
I believe that the film's disturbing undertone was a sign of the great extent that expressionism
played, it’s nightmare sequence of everything being wonderful and the notion of ignorance is
bliss coming to life, to discovering the frightening truth of the real society and the hands that
make up the head , to the chaos ensuing is the psychological emotional realism that made the
film groundbreaking.
Additionally the psychological emotional realism in the film plays a prevalent role in
thoroughly comprehending the extent of the metaphor of the film, the dramatized makeup and
the heavy steps of the workers with their heads down while alternating between shift showcases
