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Metropolis is the film that Fritz Lang is best known for. Premiered in 1927, this incredibly ambitious and technologically innovative vision of futuristic purgatory practically bankrupted UFA, the enormous German film studio. The extraordinary beauty of Lang’s expressionistic city and the brilliant special effects of Eugen Schuefftan...
Metropolis has achieved a cult-like status thanks in part to Giorgio Moroder’s re-release of the movie with a new soundtrack in the 80s. But by focusing solely on Metropolis, viewers fail to realize the importance of Lang’s many other films. His great...
bankrupted UFA, the enormous German film studio. The extraordinary beauty of Lang’s expressionistic city and the brilliant special effects of Eugen Schuefftan, overpower the argument that belittles Metropolis for its excessively maudlin, and at times incongruous plot. Metropolis was one of the first true science fiction movies...
They're not real runaways, the girls insist, because they intend to go home sooner or later?and they have cell phones. "Our parents can reach us anytime," Yuko argues. "They know where we are, sort of." Amazingly, the police use the same measure to define a runaway?if your...
From Tsukiji it's an easy 20-minute walk or a short cab ride southwest to Hamarikyu Garden, one of the prettiest in the city. Stroll over wisteria-covered bridges and past 300-year-old pines toward the Sumidagawa River and hop a $6 ferry to Asakusa, one of the...