Cinematic Cities: The new Metropolis

4 Comments

1. DeeDee

   Posted July 16, 2010 at 5:34 PM

   Hi! Tony,
   Do you mean director Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
   or just a city? Either way, that photograph is a prime example of nightlife in… Shanghai.
   Thanks, for sharing!
   DeeDee ;)

2. Tony D'Ambra

   Posted July 16, 2010 at 6:24 PM

   DeeDee, it is an allegorical play on words: today’s Shanghai looks like Lang’s vision of the futuristic city in his movie Metropolis.

3. Sam Juliano

   Posted July 16, 2010 at 11:25 PM

   Having just seen the restored version of this cinematic masterpiece, I do well see the allegorical connection, which taken singularly is rather amazing. Lang’s film, after all, was originally released in 1936.

4. coffee messiah

   Posted July 18, 2010 at 7:08 AM

   At first I thought it was a photo of “futureland?” in the original disneyland in LA.

   Amazing, yes ; )

   Cheers!