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Scott Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Jul 1998 16:38:02 -0500
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Dr. Touponce pointed out that the character's acting is designed to
express a single dominating emotion, and that was part of what was
expressionistic about it, even among the supporting characters and
"extras."
 
Scott
 
 
On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Donald Larsson wrote:
 
> Definitions of any style or genre will be terminally flimsy once we
> poke a hole or two in them, but I would note that there are strong
> "expressionist" elements in METROPOLIS: the chaingang shuffle of the
> underground workers, the vision of the machine as Moloch, the little
> hut of Rottwang in the midst of the Metropolis (rather like discover a
> mushroom growing in a stainless steel lavatory), and the performance of
> Klein-Rogge himself as the mad scientist.  I do think that Lang's
> relationship to Expressionism is problematic, but he does keep showing
> traces of the style.
>
> Don Larsson
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 01 Jul 1998 13:00:45 -0700 "Horak, Chris"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > In reference to Scott Hitchin's query, I would argue that METROPOLIS is
> > not a German expressionist film in the narrow sense of the term. It does
> > not use distorted sets (expressing a subjective vision), nor is the
> > acting particularly stylized (as in expressionist theatre). It is a
> > science fiction film with a highly melodramatic plot that may be
> > considered to have expressionist touches (lighting!). Of course,
> > refering to my earlier post on PANDORA'S BOX, METROPOLIS must also be
> > considered an art film. But like another of Pabst's art films, THE
> > JOYLESS STREET, I would consider METROPOLIS as much a product of German
> > Neue Sachlichkeit (New Realism), as influenced by elements of
> > expressionism.
> >
> >
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