At 1:44 the woman hidden under his overcoat is incredibly similar looking to the girl in Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' released in 1927. See picture below:
The city in Metropolis in which the film is set is a dystopia. The dictionary definition of 'dystopia' is
| "An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one." |
Below is an image of the city within 'Metropolis'.
Notice that a film which is easy to relate to this is a slightly more modern one. It is Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner', (1982). The city in which it is set is incredibly similar to that of 'Metropolis'. Of course these two films, both of which are set in dystopias, are never going to be set in similar places because each dystopia is a subjective view of the directors vision of a dystopia. A screenshot showing the city in Blade Runner is below.
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I like your inter textual references. Note the noir lighting in the still from Blade Runner. This style of lighting is associated with Heavy Metal bands, you could add a post explaining how heavy metal fans identify with the lyrics and iconography of the genre. I would suggest you research the offical websites for a couple of British metal bands and look at any comments.
ReplyDeleteDo you consider that some heavy metal bands communicate a crisis of masculinity in the UK? This crisis is evident in films such as This is England and has its roots in the 1950's social realist films depicting contrasting representations of the angry young man.