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francoisvillon@societas.online
Harry Göhde

Fritz Lang

*5. Dezember 1890 †2. August 1976

Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor

Metropolis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4rI__TRvcY

«Metropolis ist ein monumentaler Stummfilm des deutschen Expressionismus, den Fritz Lang in den Jahren 1925 bis 1926 drehte. Schauplatz ist eine futuristische Großstadt mit ausgeprägter Zweiklassengesellschaft. Dieser Science-Fiction-Film war der erste seines Genres in Spielfilmlänge. Er ist einer der teuersten Filme der damaligen Zeit und zählt zu den bedeutendsten Werken der Filmgeschichte.»

Regie: Fritz Lang

Drehbuch: Thea von Harbou

Musik: Gottfried Huppertz

Darsteller: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Heinrich George, u. a.

#FritzLang #Regisseur #Drehbuchautor #Film #cinema #silentfilm

mr_a@diasp.org
mr_Anderson

Sometimes you find exactly what you are looking for....

...and you are overwhelmed by the profundity of the experience. I found a connection last night in a movie called The Giant Mechanical Man. [review echoing my thoughts]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5D8JMsPk3o

I'm an introvert and a libertarian, ...which is just another way of saying that I don't fit in at all with mainstream society. I spend considerable amounts of time pondering my own solitude and direction in life, much like Janice in this film. The end of the work week is particularly somber for me, as this is when you're supposed to be free with your family and friends. Only, for some of us, it is also a potent reminder that there is no one to come home to. Last night I looked for a romantic comedy on Netflix that would give me hope on one of these lonely nights. Not a teen misadventure flick, not something to explore the pitfalls of married life, and not an empty-headed major studio production. What I found was well beyond expectations.

Yes, The Giant Mechanical Man is a low-budget indie film receiving very mixed reviews telling a well-worn story to a very narrow audience, but I am a member of that audience. The two main characters are not only strikingly sympathetic to my own personality but, in the case of Janice, ridiculously so: She's a fan of silent cinema, spends time at a theater screening these films and even proposes it as a date with her new love interest, Tim! She's the girl of my dreams! ;)

Janice:

Sometimes I just feel invisible. And I heard someone say something recently, that it just takes one person, you know. Just one person to make you feel like you belong. To make you feel special. And I think that that's true. I know that that's true because... because I felt it. The other night, I was out with this guy that I work with and... I work at the zoo and... and anyway, it was only for one night, but it just... it felt different, you know.

#introvert #lonely #netflix #movies #silentfilm #romantic #hope #love

mr_a@diasp.org
mr_Anderson

Hello everyone! I am #newhere, having decided to join after Amanda Billyrock's FB post contemplating a move over here. I guess she hasn't arrived yet, though. I'm a big proponent of #liberty and #austrianeconomics and a member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. I enjoy the blogs of the more colorful LvMI scholars Tom Woods and Bob Murphy as well as Mish and ZH. I'm a fan of #silentfilm, particularly romantic comedies and #chaplin. I also love intelligent #scifi #movies. I was a huge fan of #startrek in all variations. This is my first social networking experience.

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