Metropolis: Maria's Transformation (1927)

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  • @MrChenrezi
    @MrChenrezi 12 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    If I'm remembering correctly, all the zappy-glowy special effects in this scene were hand-drawn.
    Now THAT is dedication.

    • @thiesenf
      @thiesenf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The art of animation...
      Claymation and stop motion is also in the same genre... they meticolously set up each frame one after another...

    • @Ajourneyofknowing
      @Ajourneyofknowing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      MrChenrezi - most likely yes as that how such lightning & electrical energy effects were made in movies before computers & cgi. Rotoscoped & hand drawn onto the film cells

    • @zztopz7090
      @zztopz7090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or, they used static electricity, like Tesla.

    • @ghostofaforgottenweedle
      @ghostofaforgottenweedle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Das ist deutsches Handwerk 🇩🇪

    • @kinsmansteve
      @kinsmansteve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I believe that one of the men responsible for the effects here said that they were done practically, with circular neon tubes suspended on wires. There is a drawing to that effect: the seventh image down on this page: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-magazine-looks-at-metropolis-a-movie-based-on-science-4328353/ I wonder if he mis-remembered, because it seems unlikely to me. Cell animation seems more plausible. Either way, it still looks amazing to this day.

  • @artysanmobile
    @artysanmobile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Can you imagine how stunning this would have been for 1927 moviegoers?

    • @Fissi0nChips
      @Fissi0nChips 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They were probably fainting in the isles. :)

    • @Cenindo
      @Cenindo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I assume that to them, this was just as impressive as Terminator 2 (1991) was to my generation.

    • @onidaaitsubasa4177
      @onidaaitsubasa4177 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Even by today's standards the presentation and special effects are impressive, and the fact that they did all this in 1927 without computers is astounding.

    • @louthegiantcookie
      @louthegiantcookie ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@onidaaitsubasa4177 Yes, I agree! I think the most impressive thing are the sets, showing the huge city. They still hold up even today.

    • @azillliasmith2734
      @azillliasmith2734 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@onidaaitsubasa4177 also it looking a bit "home made" give it an air of authenticity and mystery that you don't get with the seamless smooth computer generated perfection of later si fi .......

  • @jackd.flippin6656
    @jackd.flippin6656 7 ปีที่แล้ว +820

    Those special effects are 90 years old. I think they look great for its age.

    • @rudyrod100
      @rudyrod100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Exact same thing me and my son were talking about, Just awesome work.

    • @TECfan1
      @TECfan1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Almost 100 now.

    • @Starbat88
      @Starbat88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      All done without the benefit of CGI. Pretty impressive.

    • @essocat3550
      @essocat3550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The subjects remind of ghost in the shell

    • @isanarditama
      @isanarditama 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you dont say meme

  • @ShamanicRocker
    @ShamanicRocker 12 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    These movies have the perfect eerie feels to them, something I never found in recent sci fi or horror films. The things nightmares as well as dreams are made of. I can't explain it.

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Just like the first Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong. They have an elemental quality. Film itself has it's own message. It helps to remember the kind of adventure stories and gothic thrillers that were out at the time. With no censor board. An exciting time. I highly recommend getting some of the precode DVD Box sets. Gives you an insight as to how hip the writers were back then. Wonderful films you can't forget. I'm a huge fan.

    • @jasperisawesome3790
      @jasperisawesome3790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Uncanny Valley

    • @zztopz7090
      @zztopz7090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sclogse1 I think because they based largely on reality.

    • @punothebear
      @punothebear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you saw the first "Alien" movie for the first time in a movie theater you would have pooped in your pants. That movie was just as frightening as the early horror films.

  • @shedjammer87
    @shedjammer87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    The viewers in 1927 had to have been blown away by this.

    • @woahwoah2207
      @woahwoah2207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      They must have lost their minds. I mean those effects still look decent lol

  • @linkueiominae9847
    @linkueiominae9847 12 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Done 86 years ago and still 100 years ahead. That. Is. SCI-FI.
    Wow

    • @gnagna4715
      @gnagna4715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Can't believe it's been almost a decade since you posted this comment...

    • @gnagna4715
      @gnagna4715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@googlelord1678 how do you know?

    • @thecheeselord5943
      @thecheeselord5943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gnagna4715 Magic

    • @wesleyrosa6122
      @wesleyrosa6122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      96 years now

    • @cyberpunkchloe9
      @cyberpunkchloe9 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello!
      This movie is one of the most important piece of art.

  • @thoughtcriminal3843
    @thoughtcriminal3843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Special effects that took another 30 years to equal, the most influential film of all time and a story that resonates to this day.
    Simply the greatest film ever made.

    • @AmIonArock
      @AmIonArock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wizard of Oz, is still my favorite. but yeah Met...' really good.

    • @Chilling_Charizard
      @Chilling_Charizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmm, Marvel must take note

    • @HITTHEROAD19
      @HITTHEROAD19 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well ackchyually, special effects advanced at an incredible rate in that 30 years, it's just that cameras advanced faster :D

  • @Joshua-fr1xp
    @Joshua-fr1xp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    This isn't even horror or anything of the sort and her stare is legitimately creepy from the eyes of the robot to her waking up and just staring without blinking. Sent chills down my spine.

    • @lewisner
      @lewisner ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The scene where Becky wakes up as a "pod person" in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is similar.

    • @kingkoi6542
      @kingkoi6542 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is transhumanism

    • @OGMaverickGaming
      @OGMaverickGaming ปีที่แล้ว

      That's also called transcreepyism @@kingkoi6542

    • @karoltv4390
      @karoltv4390 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don’t you see the massive pentagram behind her😂

  • @giansaculsan1839
    @giansaculsan1839 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1530

    Only 1920s kids will remember

    • @thegreat_I_am
      @thegreat_I_am 7 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      I'm afraid the 1920's kids don't remember very much these days!

    • @tag427
      @tag427 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ah Gian people have been watching this film for generations

    • @thefreedomguyuk
      @thefreedomguyuk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gian Saculsan no!

    • @semitelfeletem
      @semitelfeletem 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nope, I took this great once-in-every few years class "German 180Z" ("Loving the Dead" was the subtitle of Professor Rickles' class regarding early movies obsession with the alter ego's ability to cheat a judgment before death and also ultimately to cheat life and death equally.. with a hugely (baneful) Freudian bent; the Prof allowed me to bring my serpent child Simon to class. And strangely enough I had met him first in the antiquities room (very small, mostly oriental) at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. And I'd bump into this same Fascinating Dandy of an older man Each and Every time thereafter-- Museum=Rickles. But I'm inured by now to life's capricous intent to underscore the cyclical in this wondrous universe we get to become part of once the body becomes unnecessary. And remember: Death is a Process, and Natural. Trust your ability to heal; liken death to that.

    • @therhea8003
      @therhea8003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Actually I have shown this film to my grand kids. They remember it and the few that are not brain dead realize just how special these effects are, all done in camera, on a single piece of film with multiple exposures.

  • @insideleosmind4313
    @insideleosmind4313 8 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    I read that C-3PO is based on the design of that robot

    • @zerodawn2277
      @zerodawn2277 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      miom thank you for the information 🖒

    • @Nightcre
      @Nightcre 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That robot looks futuristic nice special effects

    • @miklosernoehazy8678
      @miklosernoehazy8678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ... it's true...

    • @NoNoseProduction
      @NoNoseProduction 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why read. Just look

    • @auroradvm
      @auroradvm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think you're right! I've never noticed that!

  • @oscartravis5740
    @oscartravis5740 6 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Mary Shelley says, "You're welcome."

  • @marvincorre4783
    @marvincorre4783 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The fact that the special effects was used in this film back in 1927 is incredible and impressive. One of my favorite films of all time.

  • @mikepuppetz9
    @mikepuppetz9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This is what I love about special effects from the old days. You watch scenes like this one or the stargate sequence in 2001 or the parting of the red sea in The Ten Commandments, and you wonder "How did they do that?" "How did they make it look so convincing?" There was a great mystery to it.
    When you watch a Marvel flick today, there's no mystery as to how it was done. We know it was rendered on a computer, likely using After Effects or a similar program. The magic is lost when you know how the trick was done.

    • @Dani_rohr_
      @Dani_rohr_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/7Z0lNch5qkQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sy9bypSLBw6BAV5a is most shocking scene I ve ever watched

  • @jamzst
    @jamzst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The scientist character in this sequence, Rotwang, and his elaborate laboratory and fiery effects, became the template for films whenever the source material called for a "mad doctor" type 😃

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Frankenstein being on screen since 1910

    • @josef-ralfdwerlkotte8333
      @josef-ralfdwerlkotte8333 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@2adamastyeah but does he have a robot hand, i think not.

  • @FallAsleepSafelyTM
    @FallAsleepSafelyTM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The way the music hit when she opened her eyes gave me chills...

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven7373
    @ludwigvanbeethoven7373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I can't unsee the image of the robot turning into Freddie Mercury now

    • @chaseywoot
      @chaseywoot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      RADIO GA GA
      RADIO GO GO
      RADIO GA GA

  • @the-trusteeship
    @the-trusteeship 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for this composition. I greatly admire this concept and the delicate approach to this exit strategy is much more appealing to me than a desperate flight of fancy.

  • @7rafilla8
    @7rafilla8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The symbology of this film was ahead of its time. Prophetic! As we are living and experiencing in today's world with the advancements in technology. More specifically with A.I., robotics, bio-enchancements/engineering, epigenetics, etc. As well as the pentagram from esoteric and occult teachings inferring the connection between the enslaving of the human soul/spirit and consciousness into this material 3-dimensional plane of existence by "The Machine." Which can be also interpreted as the false god. Through which in this transhumanist era, humans are attached to their devices and technology such as their phones and the internet with social media and further more with Augmented reality and Virtual reality. The continual oppression and enslavement of the human soul and consciousness. Forcing and lowering their vibrational state of being... Dark Times indeed.

    • @johndoe1765
      @johndoe1765 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes someone got an early edition to our future.

  • @AsimKhan-jd8bu
    @AsimKhan-jd8bu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    isn't it sad..
    no one left to reminisce on this movie.. no one from that era might be alive atm people get replaced but their art remains forever for the future generations to appreciate

  • @TimYong2
    @TimYong2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Special effects were good awesome for 1927. Still impressive almost 100 years later!
    The scale of the sets in this movie, the special effects, and the meaning of this movie, still ring true almost 100 years later!
    Absolute masterpiece!

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery 13 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    You watch this, and think: 1926? No. Way. It's seamless, beautiful, and perfect. You could not improve on it. I first saw it about 30 years ago, and had a terrible crush on Brigitte Helm. ;D

  • @LordZontar
    @LordZontar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This is mad science at its finest.

  • @Zoydian
    @Zoydian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love it, thanks for sharing!!! I saw this film some years ago in a theater, with life music performed by Art Zoyd, an unforgettable evening!!

  • @rabsmiff
    @rabsmiff 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    according to an 80s CINEFEX article, the electrical arc circles were multiple-exposed one at a time, with each 'hoop' being solid and manouvered the same way as the hydraulics in a fork-lift truck works------a cut-out black shape exactly the same size as the Robot ensured the hoops looked like they were part of the same image. The percentage of the exposure was diffused, to make it look transparent-------fantastic results, even when seen today.

  • @Sujeesh_Bhosri
    @Sujeesh_Bhosri 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The effects are better than the Bollywood movies of todays

  • @craigruchman7007
    @craigruchman7007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Amazing how well they grasped robotics and automation so early on

    • @majorneptunejr
      @majorneptunejr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only in this film. It would take years before the rest of the cinema world would catch up.

  • @VOLKHVORONOVICH
    @VOLKHVORONOVICH 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Excellent rendition. Especially liked the the ultra-eerie sequence [2:30], ending with the strident note of [2:40] as Parody Futura the Robotrix awakens, appearing as human flesh, but underneath a machine completely without a soul.

  • @williamlarson3623
    @williamlarson3623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Funny how SFX in celluloid back then, using primitive cameras to boot, looks more convincing and pleasing to the eye than those digital (and boring) mega whatchamaycallits passing for SFX today.

    • @averythesuperhero
      @averythesuperhero 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Don't act like you know what you're talking about when you can't tell the difference between SFX (Sound Effects) and VFX (Visual Effects).

    • @averythesuperhero
      @averythesuperhero 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't act like YOU know what you're talking about when you don't realize they meant Special Effects, instead of Sound Effects.
      Stop being a dick, also.

    • @aglayamajorem9546
      @aglayamajorem9546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@averythesuperhero The fuck is with you? OP has legitimate remark about the state of the arts. This 1927 film is more believable in effects and more immersive than the lazy bozos who do CGI in most films these days.

    • @jochenstacker7448
      @jochenstacker7448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Back then it was story above effects.

    • @hdofu
      @hdofu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its not the advancements in technology to blame but the regression in effort put forth by creators today at least the ones getting advertised and sponsored,

  • @erickcampos50
    @erickcampos50 8 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    How they did those effects in 1927???????

    • @ericschroeder3302
      @ericschroeder3302 8 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      I took a silent film class as an elective in college. Most of these movies are practical effects. But anything they couldn't do in terms of practical effects they would paint onto each individual frame of the film reel by hand meticulously (about 30 frames per second) as for the transparent overlay im assuming they physically overlayed two frames on top of each other. They also used the painting technique to make movies have "color" before color film was a thing by actually painting each scene by hand. The craftsmanship on classic films is actually pretty insane.

    • @creatorsun8222
      @creatorsun8222 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Eric Schroeder That's exactly what I thought. I myself have been wondering how stuff like this was made with all the visual effects. But I also thought of a solution that seems quite similar to your response. And I was right! So they actuallu did paint over the frames, which definetly makes sense, because computers never actually existed until later through the decades. People were still using artistic concepts in those days, and even WAY in the past before film was a thing. They couldn't develop cameras and all they had were paint and paper to sketch with to make portraits. People were ARTISTS.
      Movies are always depending on frames, not just movement itself, and the reason why I'm pointing that out is that the life we are living in today revolves around movement. Nothing is moving by frame in reality. But hey, it's still crazy to think that they painted a hand full of frames just to produce these films!
      #nerdgasm

    • @turbostatic1
      @turbostatic1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rothschild $$$

    • @lelakitersakiti7759
      @lelakitersakiti7759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ericschroeder3302 did they colour Gone with the Wind too ?

    • @GingerSnape46
      @GingerSnape46 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lelakitersakiti7759 No, that was shot in Technicolor.

  • @Lola-xp5dy
    @Lola-xp5dy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The effects are amazing for that year

  • @ProfoundKrab
    @ProfoundKrab 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They should show this movie in theaters again for the 100th anniversary

  • @alexdavies1662
    @alexdavies1662 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It took many months for Fritz Lang to make a film like "Metropolis," given the rather primitive means of special effects in those days. The film is still largely relevant and a masterpiece.

  • @ProfessorTime
    @ProfessorTime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The similarities between the Maria Robot (1927) and the Sophia Robot (2018) are creepy, eerie, and uncanny.
    "Metropolis" is a TRUE PROPHESY from start to finish.

    • @TheTwolesslives
      @TheTwolesslives 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or, ya know, the people who made the 2018 film were inspired and wanted to make it look like the 1927 one as an Easter egg.

    • @majorneptunejr
      @majorneptunejr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am sure it was no coincidence since this is a true classic.

  • @gotenkskaitrin
    @gotenkskaitrin 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The special effects was way before it's time.... That's Crazy..

  • @therhea8003
    @therhea8003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Given that this was all done in camera, with a single piece of film run through several times, it's amazing. Just think what the audience thought of in the day, they had never seen the like of it.

  • @kingmiura8138
    @kingmiura8138 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The old black and white films are usually full of all sorts of flaws on the screen...this one is remarkably clear.

  • @mikhailnemtsev6218
    @mikhailnemtsev6218 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the music, Mr. White!

    • @ProfoundKrab
      @ProfoundKrab 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yo, Mr. White, your music da best!

  • @Indygenous
    @Indygenous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Incredible special effects for its time.

  • @ahonaotokodesu7719
    @ahonaotokodesu7719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fritz Lang created the image what a mad scientist and his laboratory would look and work like from scratch

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Frankenstein is on screen since 1910(?)

  • @weswolever7477
    @weswolever7477 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This scene and the fight with the skeletons in Jason and the argonauts still blow me away. CGI just doesn’t come anywhere close to this kind of magic.

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some moments in the first three Pirates films had some real magic. And remarkable dialogue to go with.

    • @BoltPin_05
      @BoltPin_05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was that a Queen refrence?

    • @ingowalkerling5141
      @ingowalkerling5141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Back in the fifties stop-motion was ruling - and Ray Harrihausen was the king of the art.

    • @johndoe1765
      @johndoe1765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes that seene as a five year old scared the hell out of me and when I would cut up my cousins would put me back in line by chasing me around the house with those skeleton movements' even seeing the movie well into adulthood it brought back memories what a great movie anyone notice the pentagram behind the robot.

  • @RafaelRabinovich
    @RafaelRabinovich 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The Golem meets Doctor Frankenstein in art deco and 1920s sci-fi

    • @The_Str4nger
      @The_Str4nger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      actually the style of Frankenstein's laboratory came from this

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lang made Brigitte Helm (Maria) wear the robot suit for those parts as well, even though there is no way to tell who was in it when filming. The suit hurt her so much, the filming and set staff would put money into the suit to help compensate her for Lang's obsession.

    • @utubularutubelover4363
      @utubularutubelover4363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PointyTailofSatan Maria false Mary Catholicism!

    • @alanfoster6589
      @alanfoster6589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The robot suit was made of...plywood.

    • @PointyTailofSatan
      @PointyTailofSatan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alanfoster6589 Nope. It was made from a molded putty that when cured, was somewhat wood like. They would mold the rough piece, then sand and carve it to shape, then paint it.

    • @majorneptunejr
      @majorneptunejr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sure the suit was horrible to wear but the few seconds we see of her moving in the suit was excellent.

  • @TheFowler99
    @TheFowler99 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To think that Henry Ford was still making the model T car when this was made,makes the special effects so a head of its time

  • @paulelliott3220
    @paulelliott3220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant scene from an unforgettable film

  • @franciscoandrada412
    @franciscoandrada412 7 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Am I the only one who thinks this is beautiful?

    • @RichardWhite_Composer
      @RichardWhite_Composer  7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You are not alone... ;-)

    • @joshuaAdams3561
      @joshuaAdams3561 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope

    • @OilFreeFeathers
      @OilFreeFeathers 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      francisco andrada Yes you are. You are also the only person who has ever seen or even knows about the film Metropolis. You are truly one of a kind.

    • @etcetera1995
      @etcetera1995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, you are. You're the only person in the world who can appreciate the artistry of a good film. Congratulations.

    • @miklosernoehazy8678
      @miklosernoehazy8678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ...it is beautiful and eerie at the same time...

  • @deepred5461
    @deepred5461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've always thought that Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine" would have been a perfect soundtrack to Metropolis.

    • @jochenstacker7448
      @jochenstacker7448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, but I think it wasn't out back then. 😉

  • @happywithdrawal
    @happywithdrawal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the people who didn't know they had epilepsy before they walked into the theater will know now

  • @AlisMarsaili1351
    @AlisMarsaili1351 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the ONLY SciFi film I enjoyed watching in my entire life!!! The message in this film is clearly stated.

  • @qplaylistlibrary4296
    @qplaylistlibrary4296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They did all this with no talking and the technology of that time. Just WOW

  • @wimweender1306
    @wimweender1306 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wunderbar !

  • @squishytan7
    @squishytan7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is really impressive!

  • @brucejackson4219
    @brucejackson4219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superb: compare & contrast with such scenes in The Golem and the original Frankenstein [Karloff]. Each of these films a classic in its own right.

  • @eivom1
    @eivom1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I swear this clip was on encarta back in the day

  • @misspurrr-fect3684
    @misspurrr-fect3684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would look even more spectacular with a 4k colour makeover .

  • @michaelgreenslade2161
    @michaelgreenslade2161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful.

  • @kenbibi7631
    @kenbibi7631 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow! 91 years...

  • @dragonhold4
    @dragonhold4 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If this is a prophesy that is true, it should be taken more metaphorically or else the trigger for the real fulfillment of it may just as easily slip between our awareness and cause similar effect. Those affected in the film were blissfully unaware of danger as they gradually but clearly became victims in the perspective of viewers. Just as the progression into negative behavior was unnoticeable to them, maybe the same can happen to us with the difference being that there won't be a camera to directly speed up the transformation for easy retrospective comparison.

  • @enacrt
    @enacrt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How weird am I to think these effect are better than a lot of today's CGI?

    • @mechanwhal6590
      @mechanwhal6590 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not in the least. Anyone can hire a couple tech heads to faff around on a computer. This, on the other hand…

  • @azriel8549
    @azriel8549 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. White. I do really like your music. The clarinet (if I'm not wrong) tremolo from 0:45 to 0:52 is disturbingly shocking. Congratulations.

    • @RichardWhite_Composer
      @RichardWhite_Composer  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks very much. Yes, clarinet - with piccolo doubling - are actually trilling...

  • @craigruchman7007
    @craigruchman7007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still relevant almost a century later

  • @ronaldlebeck9577
    @ronaldlebeck9577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Rotwang, I was told, means "wet cheeks" in German, an euphemism for diaper rash. Rotwang was a pain in the ass to Joh's father. He was also the inspiration for many other "mad scientists" in movies to come, including Dr. Strangelove. The camera techniques and equipment were designed just for this film. I have the most fully restored version found on DVD -- the extras included explain a lot of the movie in detail. In the parts that are forever lost, they filled in with text from the original surviving documentation explaining what happened. Definitely a great movie for its time.

    • @johndoe1765
      @johndoe1765 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As well as now this movie lacks no truth, presently just look around.

  • @Halloween111
    @Halloween111 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Charlie Chaplain seemed to do a callback to Metropolis in his final Speech in "The Great Dictator" When he references "Machine men with machine minds" There also looks like a wink and nod to it with his film "Modern Times".

  • @carroyo911
    @carroyo911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The making of this movie was pure magic...Magic that is gone from Hollywood forever... You can no longer wonder "how did they do that?"...

    • @Modellbaustammtisch
      @Modellbaustammtisch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So true, but it's not a Hollywood movie.
      It was directed by Fritz Lang and he shot this masterpiece in Babelsberg and Staaken, Germany

  • @jamesbeemer7855
    @jamesbeemer7855 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those special fx were something else .

  • @joe-joehiker1324
    @joe-joehiker1324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish I had a workshop like that!

  • @davidvelez3252
    @davidvelez3252 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being a science geek it just makes so much sense can you imagine each circle of energy was either magnetism or frequency just imagine rejuvenation 🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @Sheb8795
    @Sheb8795 11 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Does anyone find this creepy?

    • @basiliskos119
      @basiliskos119 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Aku Is Here the inverted pentagram, that’s the first thing I noticed

    • @gameexplorer6504
      @gameexplorer6504 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      me

    • @therhea8003
      @therhea8003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It's supposed to be creepy. After all the mad inventor is putting all the memories into the robot.

    • @etcetera1995
      @etcetera1995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That's. Kind of the whole point. There's something wrong with you if you *aren't* unsettled.

    • @hadeed-_-5678
      @hadeed-_-5678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well that's the point isn't it?

  • @CubanPete1990
    @CubanPete1990 9 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    She just open her eyes but she was so creepy!

    • @logankincade661
      @logankincade661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would have totally banged her back then.......

    • @miklosernoehazy8678
      @miklosernoehazy8678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@logankincade661 ...get in line behind Bender... 🤖😆🤣

  • @sorianojoshuaczar9854
    @sorianojoshuaczar9854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember this kind of video in Encarta that legit scared me as a kid

  • @gaycausesoneisparentalnegl309
    @gaycausesoneisparentalnegl309 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Helm was actually under the costume when the robot first walks in front of Joh Fredersen. So the robot would have her mannerisms.

  • @samuelelder9434
    @samuelelder9434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you think the back to the future people got the Doc (crazy inventor) look from this guy?

  • @markyouzwa3866
    @markyouzwa3866 ปีที่แล้ว

    If the academy awards were at that time, this scene would get the Oscar for special effects.

  • @David0794
    @David0794 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @wesisagisback yeah, but the city shots look so awesome.

  • @TheProXeo
    @TheProXeo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn I love these effects such as the music. It remind me of Heroes of Might and Magic III

  • @lucidity4
    @lucidity4 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Considering this was made roughly 86 yrs ago, the scenery and plot are both
    amazing!

    • @Andytess91
      @Andytess91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s crazy how time goes. Now it’s 98 years old

  • @animateangus
    @animateangus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Her face when her eyes opened always used to freak me out.

  • @mountain-roots
    @mountain-roots 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In this movie he yells moloch at 14:08.
    There is more to this Movie Masterpiece(MM) then meet the all seeing eye

  • @1A157
    @1A157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was expecting Freddie Mercury to appear singing ‘Radio Ga Ga’

  • @JaimeNegron-hd3ev
    @JaimeNegron-hd3ev 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sci-fi masterpiece...WOW!!!🎉❤😊

  • @johntitorchannel513
    @johntitorchannel513 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice effects!

  • @KenanVonKaiser
    @KenanVonKaiser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!

  • @Emintzsche
    @Emintzsche 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing technique.

  • @mechanwhal6590
    @mechanwhal6590 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She looks so peaceful…

  • @syedalamgir5838
    @syedalamgir5838 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great picture

  • @stevenbaer322
    @stevenbaer322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He's an evil scientist from Germany in the 1920's. The woman died but yet her spirit lived in the 🤖 robot creating a new race of cyborg. The evil scientist wanted to create want a new world under his authority just like Adolf Hitler. Robots who always obey without questioning and super strength. The mind and intelligence of a human being. A real life cyborg. These 1920's science fiction movies were actually ahead of their own time? Thanks for putting this together, I totally forgotten about Metropolis.

    • @drsnova7313
      @drsnova7313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Umm....no? Maria did not die, obviously, and all the robot got was her likeness. And Rotwang's motive for creating an artificial human was a lost love, not "world domination by means of super-strong robots". You missed the point by a mile.

  • @onlyiforgive5083
    @onlyiforgive5083 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible

  • @samjones9127
    @samjones9127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The terminator's beginning.
    Ahead of it's time

  • @kendrahwhyte9816
    @kendrahwhyte9816 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. I must check out the Sibelius Notation System.I'm sure it will be a big help to me.

  • @MrAllen-fv9cj
    @MrAllen-fv9cj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    We watch the shows, we watch the stars, on videos for hours and hours. We hardly need to use our ears, our music changes through the years...

  • @SuspenseESCAPEremastered
    @SuspenseESCAPEremastered 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm wondering how anyone could vote thumbs down to a film made nearly 100 years ago!?? ESPECIALLY such a landmark film. Probably the same nine tenths of one percent who vote thumbs down to one of my Suspense Radio episodes!

  • @SaraConr
    @SaraConr 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice score!

  • @arturohernandez20
    @arturohernandez20 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Radio, someone still loves you

  • @larryangrimson7108
    @larryangrimson7108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doc Brown's first access to 1.21 jigawatts.

  • @RecklesslyPessimistic
    @RecklesslyPessimistic ปีที่แล้ว

    The movie was originally shot at 16 frames per second, but modern hollywood re-releases switched it to the standard 24 fps. This decision ruined the pacing of the music and scenes.
    Try switching your playback speed to .75 if you want to watch this as it was originally intended. I think it makes the scene more dramatic.

  • @williamneely8366
    @williamneely8366 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The art of this age was something else.pscy.

  • @T0Mdisstroya
    @T0Mdisstroya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2022 no longer a fiction, it’s a working process

  • @ytubeanon
    @ytubeanon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the female android in battle mode from Raised By Wolves is based on this

    • @punothebear
      @punothebear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's nothing new under the sun.

  • @The_Str4nger
    @The_Str4nger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    H.G. Wells hated that movie. Because of this he wrote The Shape of things to come. It was his Anti-Metropolis

  • @ramsesabydos
    @ramsesabydos 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cool movie , an i understood about the missing footage ,but a lot of the footage and dialogue missing is no mistake , anyway

  • @gloriahanes6490
    @gloriahanes6490 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't remember seeing this bit when I viewed the movie "Metropolis".