Metropolis Essay
“Metropolis”: A futuristic view of an industrialized capitalist society
A mix of great special effects, futuristic settings, outstanding actors’ performances, and, of course, multiple themes are found in the silent movie Metropolis. The film entails Marxist critics, anti-capitalist, as well as anti-religious positions. There is a clear distinction between rulers and oppressed people. Besides, religion is seeing as a hope-seller for those who have nothing to lose.
In an industrialized city as Metropolis, the working class is been oppressed by the ruthless wealthy capitalist John Fredersen. Wealthy people lived, literally, at the top of the city, simulating a Roman coliseum. A Marxist critic can be inferred from several events in the movie. First, it starts presenting “automat” humans working at a huge machine. Then, workers are sick of their situation, and it’s exemplified when they argued to María that they will not wait that much for the mediator to come. The working class in the movie is presented as hopeless people, whose daily work consumes their energies. Once they finished working, they have not that much to do, but to go to the …show more content…
The monopoly of Fredersen over the economy is shown as a prophecy of what may happen in the future. Fritz demonstrated with the film that Capitalism destroys all hopes of having a more equal and descent society; he actually presents the decaying situation in which the majority of people live in the movie. And that reality is reflected nowadays where around 90% lives with the 10% of the world’s wealth, and 10% with the remaining. The anti-capitalist critic is clearly seen throughout the movie, especially against the industrialization as a process that dehumanized the working class. And Freder, Fredersen son, felt how workers were exploited when he worked the ten hours in the clock machine, then he desperately ask when it’s going to finish
A mix of great special effects, futuristic settings, outstanding actors’ performances, and, of course, multiple themes are found in the silent movie Metropolis. The film entails Marxist critics, anti-capitalist, as well as anti-religious positions. There is a clear distinction between rulers and oppressed people. Besides, religion is seeing as a hope-seller for those who have nothing to lose.
In an industrialized city as Metropolis, the working class is been oppressed by the ruthless wealthy capitalist John Fredersen. Wealthy people lived, literally, at the top of the city, simulating a Roman coliseum. A Marxist critic can be inferred from several events in the movie. First, it starts presenting “automat” humans working at a huge machine. Then, workers are sick of their situation, and it’s exemplified when they argued to María that they will not wait that much for the mediator to come. The working class in the movie is presented as hopeless people, whose daily work consumes their energies. Once they finished working, they have not that much to do, but to go to the …show more content…
The monopoly of Fredersen over the economy is shown as a prophecy of what may happen in the future. Fritz demonstrated with the film that Capitalism destroys all hopes of having a more equal and descent society; he actually presents the decaying situation in which the majority of people live in the movie. And that reality is reflected nowadays where around 90% lives with the 10% of the world’s wealth, and 10% with the remaining. The anti-capitalist critic is clearly seen throughout the movie, especially against the industrialization as a process that dehumanized the working class. And Freder, Fredersen son, felt how workers were exploited when he worked the ten hours in the clock machine, then he desperately ask when it’s going to finish