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Metropolis
Contributor(s): Elsaesser, Thomas (Author)
ISBN: 1844575012     ISBN-13: 9781844575015
Publisher: British Film Institute
OUR PRICE:   $14.36  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.437
Series: BFI Film Classics
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.45 lbs) 112 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1920's
 
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Publisher Description:

Metropolis is a monumental work. On its release in 1925, after sixteen months'
filming, it was Germany's most expensive feature film, a canvas for director
Fritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions. Lang, inspired by the skyline of
New York, created a whole new vision of cities. One of the greatest works of
science fiction, the film also tells human stories about love and family.
Thomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis: its different
versions (there is no definitive one), its changing meanings, and its role as a
database of twentieth-century imagery and ideologies.
In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Elsaesser discusses the impact of
the 27 minutes of 'lost' footage discovered in Buenos Aires in 2008, and
incorporated in a restored edition, which premiered in 2010.

Contributor Bio(s): Elsaesser, Thomas: - Professor Thomas Elsaesser is a research professor in the Department of Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. An important representative of international film studies, his work on film theory, genre theory, Hollywood, film, history, archeology media and new media, the European cinema d'auteur and installation art have been published in more than 20 languages.