He seems to have the government in his pocket. ![]() Revolution is pivotal to the story’s progression.ĭuke Red, an industrial tycoon whose company produces the newest weapons technology, is the city’s unofficial leader. Naturally, there’s resentment to the robot workers who have displaced humans from their roles. The city sits on top of a never-ending network of underground ghettos where those pushed out of work live. Metropolis is a great big city with eye-catching architecture and literal levels of social classes. This futuristic world also has robot servants and a class system that subjects mechanical workers, as well as flesh and bone ones, to an equal life. Flying cars whiz through the skies and jazz music is played on every street corner. Now with the film’s Blu-Ray release there is a chance for audiences to engage with its fantastic Japanese storytelling.īased on the Osamu Tezuka manga, inspired by Fritz Lang’s silent film of the same name, Metropolis takes us through a 1950s version of the future. In the same year audiences were distracted by the mega hit Spirited Away, Metropolis was released and went unnoticed by people, including myself. ![]() By 2001, Studio Ghibli developed beautiful wonderment that we in the west have slowly embraced. ![]() At the beginning of the 21st Century, ultra-weird Japanese animation wasn’t fully recognised by western audiences.
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