The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart . . . or something like that
Last night we went to Film Forum to see Metropolis, a silent film from 1927 (that was apparently Adolf Hitler’s favorite film). I didn’t bother to read about it before we went in, so I was royally confused for a bit; first I was thinking that it was a spoof on silent films made in the 70s (not sure why), and then I thought I remembered Tom saying it was a Nazi propaganda film (which he never said) and spent the rest of the movie trying to understand what it was propagandizing about. Whoops.
In any case, it’s one of those films I think you must see with a full cinema, or at the least, in a classroom. Certainly an achievement. Apparently there were more than 37,000 extras used, including 1,100 bald men. There’s a joke in there somewhere.
If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I believe we may be going to a beach with friends. Love summer.
Charity wrote:
AWESOME!So glad you got to see it When I saw it I was just so inspired by the ‘reach’ of this movie. While the Marx bros had barely begun their series (Coconuts was 29, I think), this was pre-DeMille in its epic prop. Too bad words ‘propaganda’ and “hitler’ comment was in your head when you viewed it. It is one of those silents my brother bought and we viewed several times. (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Birth of a Nation, are couple of the others I remember off the top of my head). Both definitely out of step for us _now_ but worth watching.
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