Metropolis

This idea of technology taking over our future and controlling the people who built it, may seem like the best was to describe this film. This adapted film has slowly became reality while we are creating so much technology to our society which all of us live off us. This world that is created in the film, kind of reminds me of hell and this mythological take on our society begin controlled by technology. If everything is run by technology, then why are there workers? According to the commentary, they are just a part of the technology to help it run and no brain power is necessary, which plays a big role in the film, since the workers are this dreadful symbol throughout the film that the viewers can help but feel sorry for.

The characters in the film seem to be a little insane, especially Freder. The viewers at times are not even sure what exactly Freder is looking at, beginning with him staring at the machines and death of workers near the beginning of the film. Does he imagine many other things too, or are those things real? Maria, who was the virgin/mother, became the complete opposite when she was cloned into this machine, this complete opposite of what she really was. The father, Joh Fredersen, was the ruler of metropolis which can be seen by the big office he owned and it was implied that the city was built off of all his designs and work.

Symbols: There were a lot of symbols throughout. A few are: Religion, the robotic woman, the workers, the virgin/mother, light and shadow, etc. The cross/ The clock which was his father's instrument of power, and he controlled the workers non-stop. The light, which was a tool for the scientist, was used to find 'the virgin.' The light and shadows play a big role in this scene, because they are objects that really help create the mood and visuals of the scene. She is also seen wearing lighter colors, along with the runners at the beginning of the movie which show freedom and movement, while the workers wear dark clothes to express sadness and slavery. Religion/mythology play a huge role in the film, like when the workers are getting sacrificed, or when the virgin talks to the workers (the crosses are seen behind her, also when they show the robotic woman for the first time, the audience can see a pentagram which can mean 'satanic.'

This was definitely a sci-fi film with a lot of drama added to it. It's sci-fi because there are devices, ideas, characters, things, in the movie that are really fiction. This unrealistic world beyond our society, especially during the time, make this genre of film. This film scared people because of this idea of technology taking over our world and basically ruining everything we have worked for, and especially being in control by the female-type robot. The cities were so unlike things they saw back then, and there are only few differences between that city design and our city designs now.

Personally, I was a little more interested in the film this time rather than the first time I saw it a couple of years ago. This time I watched the movie with a commentary, so it was easier to really understand what was happening scene by scene. It's sad that society back so many years ago, created this idea that we would be overrun by all of this technology and realistically, we kind of are. We live and thrive off of it, which really threatens our future. Hopefully not exactly how it was depicted in this film.