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Thomas Elsaesser Metropolis (Paperback) BFI Film Classics. Anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Elsaesser discusses the impact of. Author: Thomas Elsaesser. Publisher: BFI Publishing. Series: BFI Film Classics. On its release in 1925, after sixteen months'. Further DetailsTitle: Metropolis Condition: New 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 directorFritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions. Lang, inspired by the skyline ofNew York, created a whole new vision of cities. One of the greatest works ofscience fiction, the film also tells human stories about love and family.Thomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis: its differentversions (there is no definitive one), its changing meanings, and its role as adatabase of twentieth-century imagery and ideologies.In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20thanniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Elsaesser discusses the impact ofthe 27 minutes of 'lost' footage discovered in Buenos Aires in 2008, andincorporated in a restored edition, which premiered in 2010. Author: Thomas Elsaesser EAN: 9781844575015 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781844575015 Item Height: 190mm Item Length: 135mm Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Films & TV ISBN-10: 1844575012 Item Width: 14mm Publisher: BFI Publishing Release Date: 07/31/2012 Series: BFI Film Classics Item Weight: 180g Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
