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Nosferatu #1

llw4y — 2024-09-19 01:52:32 UTC

Color = emotions

Nosferatu #2

llw4y — 2024-09-19 01:54:31 UTC

German Expressionist art is beautiful

(Tim Burton vibes!)

Nosferatu #3

llw4y — 2024-09-19 01:59:18 UTC

Vampire Rules:

1) Sunlight = Death

2) Super Speed

3) Mind Control

4) Religion = Harmful

Nosferatu #4

llw4y — 2024-09-19 02:01:17 UTC

Incredibly influential film for the horror genre

Nosferatu #5

llw4y — 2024-09-19 02:03:59 UTC

Character's actions portray story with minimal dialogue

Nosferatu #6

llw4y — 2024-09-19 02:04:51 UTC

Visuals very similar to Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger

Nosferatu #7

llw4y — 2024-09-19 02:07:22 UTC

Soundtrack is beautiful

Nosferatu #8

llw4y — 2024-09-19 02:08:32 UTC

Commentary on WWI concerns:

1) Death

2) Plague

3) The unknown

Metropolis #1

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:17:53 UTC

Maschinenmensch transformation

Metropolis #2

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:23:28 UTC

Depictions of imagined futuristic settings are always fascinating in film

Metropolis #3

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:30:00 UTC

Special Effects:

1) mirrors used for illusion of people walking

2) 300+ miniatures made

3) stop-motion elements

Link:The Story Of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS (1927) - Cinema Scholars

Metropolis #4

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:36:43 UTC

German Expressionist style heavily incorporate the manipulation of lighting and shadows. This film is of no exception.

Metropolis #5

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:40:17 UTC

"Modernized" version of Frankenstein:

-creation of life via science

-creatures face consequences upon "birth"

-science gone wrong

Metropolis #6

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:41:56 UTC

Metropolis #7

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:44:23 UTC

Themes:

1) Social Inequality

2) Power Dynamics

3) Necessary Human Connection

4) Industrialization

5) Sacrifice

Nosferatu #9

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:46:16 UTC

Themes:

1) Fear the Unknown/Other

2) Consequences of Isolation

3) Death

4) Grief

Metropolis #8

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:51:01 UTC

Emotionally impactful film

Metropolis #9

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:52:20 UTC

One of the, if not the, earliest dystopian-centric film in history

Metropolis #10

llw4y — 2024-09-20 01:59:19 UTC

Inspiration to a number of influential films.

-The Dark Knight Trilogy

-The Matrix

-The Fifth Element

-Star Wars

-Blade Runner

-Ghost in the Shell

Learning From My Peers

llw4y — 2024-09-20 02:11:32 UTC

Grace and I had a lot of similar ideas towards both films. We both found the films to utilize shadows in a way to make the story unsettling and the music in both films were amazing.