Comments on: Metropolis: A Film Far Ahead of its Time http://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=56 Cinema will save us Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:23:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gautam http://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-3918 Gautam Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:01:46 +0000 http://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-3918 Yes 'A trip to the moon' was the first sci-fi short film and the feature-length 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was indeed released in 1916. Metropolis becomes the first milestone of epic sci-fi cinema, the next one I would argue did not really come up until Kubrick's 2001 in the late 1960s. Also I find it great that Metropolis unlike 20,000 was not an adaptation of a previously published work (in this instance, a remarkable tale by Jules Verne). So I may be inaccurate in saying the Metropolis is the first ever sci-fi film but I would not hesitate to call it the first 'Real' science-fiction film that pushed the limits of the cinematic technique and did what no one else could. Thanks for your thoughts. Yes ‘A trip to the moon’ was the first sci-fi short film and the feature-length 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was indeed released in 1916. Metropolis becomes the first milestone of epic sci-fi cinema, the next one I would argue did not really come up until Kubrick’s 2001 in the late 1960s. Also I find it great that Metropolis unlike 20,000 was not an adaptation of a previously published work (in this instance, a remarkable tale by Jules Verne).

So I may be inaccurate in saying the Metropolis is the first ever sci-fi film but I would not hesitate to call it the first ‘Real’ science-fiction film that pushed the limits of the cinematic technique and did what no one else could.

Thanks for your thoughts.

]]> By: Berg http://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-3906 Berg Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:21:47 +0000 http://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-3906 I love Metropolis as much as the next film nerd but it's not the first science fiction film. A Trip to the Moon is the first I believe (though I could very well be wrong). if you want to argue that Metropolis is the first full length sci fi film, 1916's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a full 105 minutes long. I love Metropolis as much as the next film nerd but it’s not the first science fiction film. A Trip to the Moon is the first I believe (though I could very well be wrong). if you want to argue that Metropolis is the first full length sci fi film, 1916′s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a full 105 minutes long.

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