Year: 1927
Country: Germany
Director: Fritz Lang
Producer: Erich Pommer
Genre: Drama & Sci-Fi
Runtime: 148 minutes
Viewed: March 6, 2013
Review: As my readers know by now, I do not like silent films. That being said, this one, although much longer than necessary, was good. It takes place in the year 2026, which is a mere 13 years away from where we are now. It is interesting to compare how the Lang and Pommer imagined 2026 would be to today. One thing that is unfortunately accurate is the work of those being done underground. The rich don't want to have to see who is making the world go around and they try to make sure of that in this movie.
There are many commonalities between the way the workers depicted in this movie and those of today, as well as the rich. I think the end of the film though is what is most interesting. Spoiler alert: Although the poor want to succeed and find a way out from the bottom in their rush to collapse the system they all forget about their children.
The line that is driven home in this film is, "The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart." i think it is good to remember this while watching the movie, not that you could forget because they won't allow you to. But also, in life.
The way this film was made is incredible for the time in which it was created. The transformation of the robot to woman, the way all the machines are working throughout the film, and so much more is just phenomenal. I do not even like sci-fi films and this one really set the bar high for all future films, but specifically sci-fi movies.
It was also very awesome to watch the character development of Freder throughout the film, he is after all the films hero!
Rating:
3 Shamrocks
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