Metropolis
Featuring the World Premiere of new score composed and performed LIVE by The New Pollutants accompanied by Astrid Pill(vocals) and Zoe Barry(cello).
This newly-restored print of the ground breaking and timeless sci-fi classic will be accompanied by the World Premiere of a contemporary score from acclaimed local electronic music duo The New Pollutants. Metropolis, with its vision of a utopian futuristic city 100 years in the future run by workers enslaved underground, maintains its relevance today as we fast approach 2026, when the film takes place. At this time, the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendour. The tense balance of these two societies is realised through images that are among the most famous of the twentith century, many of which presage such sci-fi landmarks as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner.
About The New Pollutants
The New Pollutants are Mr Speed and Dj Tr!p. They produce and perform their own unique style of music blending elements of pop, hip-hop and electronica meets lo-fi, 8-bit and soundtracks. Highlights include appearances at the Big Day Out, Next Wave Festival (Vic), This Is Not Art Festival (NSW), Adelaide Fringe and numerous supports including Buck 65 and Anticon. The Metropolis project begins a new phase and evolution in The New Pollutants sound as this is their first feature soundtrack and their most exciting and challenging project to date.
When
9:00 PM Sunday, 20 February
Buy Tickets Online
Greater Union - Cinema 5
Ticket Price
$15
As Part Of
MetropolisMusic on Film
About Metropolis
119 minutes35mm
Dolby Sound
In English Intertitles
Print Source
Potential Films
Mark Spratt
potfilms@ozemail.com.au
Awards
Honorary Roger, New York Film Festival 2000Special Award, New York Film Critics 2000
About the Director
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang (1890-1976) is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the twentith century. Born in Vienna, Lang began his film career at the famous Ufa Studios in Berlin after Wold War One. His silent works (regarded by many as his greatest period) feature a strong visual design, allegorical and fantastical plotlines and were often epic in scale. In 1933 Lang fled the newly installed Nazi regime for Paris and then later to the United States, where he directed numerous noirs and westerns. He returned to Germany to make three last films in the late 1950s.
Filmography
The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse (1960)The Indian Tomb (1959)
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1958)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Moonfleet (1955)
Human Desire (1954)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Clash by Night (1952)
The House by the River (1950)
American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950)
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Hangmen Also Die (1943)
Moontide (1942)
Western Union (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
You and Me (1938)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Fury (1936)
Liliom (1934)
The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1933)
M (1931)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies Spione) (1928)
Metropolis (1926)
Die Nibelungen (1924)
Dr Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)
Vier um die Frau (1921)
The Indian Tomb (1921)
Destiny (1921)
Das Wandernde Bild (1920)
Spiders (1919)
Harakiri (1919)
The Half Caste (1919)
Der Herr Der Liebe (1919)
Hilde Warren and Death (1917)
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