- The introduction slides describing the making of the movie describe the marvels of technology
- Shift change = emotionless
- The above and below the Earth’s surface show the difference between high society and the poor
- It seemed like the two separate societies do not know a lot of each other as Freder was shocked when he saw the girl
- Workers are seemingly being sacrificed
- Metropolis is very futuristic. I never realized that even in the 1920s people were fantasizing about the future in the same way that we do today. The scene at 19 minutes shows an amazing overlay of the city - the planes, cars, trains, formation of the buildings, etc.
- It seems like Freders father is aware of what happens in the underworld while Freder is completely shocked
- 24:20 super interesting shots of the city
- Freder is shocked that his father says the people belong in the depths
- Freders father, Joh, has uncovered a secret plan by the workers and makes Josaphat go to work in the depths
- The depths are so depressing that Josaphat almost kills himself over it
- It looks like the depths and the workers are the people keeping the upper world lit up
- Freder is given a hat with a number signifying the workers of the depths are the only numbers to Metropolis
- The inventor is trying to revive Hel, Freders mother
- Using technology, the inventor invents the Machine-Man
- Freder finds one of those secret plans
- Joh finds out the drawings are plans for 2,000-year-old catacombs underneath Metropolis
- Freder and all the workers go to the catacombs and in the center of the room is the woman that he was searching for
- 53 minutes is showing the creation of the Tower of Babel
- The construction process is like the depiction of the pyramids
- Freder is chosen as the mediator between both worlds
- Joh asked the inventor to turn the Machine-Man into the likes of Maria
- Maria is trapped by the inventor
- Freder searches for a monk
- The machine man is tasked with destroying the city
- The real Gregory is captured for Freder
- Josaphat still works for Metropolis
- Maria is captured
- 1 hour 23 minutes Maria is being experimented on by the Machine Man to get her face
- The portrayal of the robot Maria was fascinating
- Undereye makeup
- Smirk
- Evil
- Freder goes to Joh to see Maria and experiences extreme visions/hallucinations
- 1:31 in an exhibition the evil Maria is shown off to the rich of Metropolis
- The machine maria is displayed as the apocalyptic page in the Bible foreshadowing the apocalypse
- Fights start to break out in Metropolis
- Maria is found with the Inventor in a cell
- In the depths, the Machine Man is spreading rebellion to destroy the machines
-Freder breaks in to tell the workers it is not the real Maria, but they do not listen and start attacking him
- The workers take to the city and destroy the machines, 1:48
- The workers start destroying the heart machine, which unknowingly will destroy their homes, 1:55
- The children are rushing to the center of the city to avoid the flooding
- Freder finds Maria
- Everyone is rushed to the air shafts as the city is flooding but the doors are locked
- Freder unlocks the doors, and the kids rush inside
- The workers are freed from the Machine Man, and realize they flooded their city
- The workers go to find the witch/Machine Man but find Maria instead
- The people of Metropolis burn the Machine Man
- The inventor takes Maria who he thinks is Hel
- Freder fights the inventor for Maria while the who city and the people of the depths watch
- Freder wins and finally gets Maria
- The workers want to work with the people of Metropolis and Freder “The Mediator” shows them how to work together
Class notes:
- Rich do not equal poor
- Uniforms
- Choreography
- Religious references
- Maria <=> Mary (Bible)
- Timing of the film (1920s)
- Maria is incredibly sexualized
- Institutional racism - similarity when flooding occurs
- Evil camouflage
- Imitation
- Gullible and influential
- Dehumanization
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