Metropolis

Metropolis is a silent film directed by Fritz Lang in 1927. I looked at this film having focused on sound after my trip to Brighton, and during my visit thought about old silent films that the area invoked. I looked at Metropolis first as I’m aware of it as an iconic film.

There is a surprising lack of (written) dialogue; often going long stretches of time without dialogue.

I watched the most recent (2003) resorted version, the use of music was interesting as the range of tunes were fairly limited and repeated a lot throughout the film.



A particularly memorable moment for me was towards the end of the film where there is a flood scene that I found very impressive even by today’s film standards. I realised from watching this I don’t need text or dialogue to make an effective film, and I think this could apply to the modern film industry.