did the police do? Were they not fighters for the law‚ for justice? The Nazis not only sent troops to war‚ but to grab innocent people like jews‚ homosexuals‚ gypsies‚ political opponents‚ and more to concentration camps. With rants‚ protests‚ and speeches; the Nazis managed to get many of german workers to join their party. They were all upset about the treaty of Versailles‚ and wanted a change. The government was out of control‚ very much unstable. So
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Metropolis: “Breaking down the utopia” In January of1927 Metropolis was released to the German public. The film‚ which was directed by Fritz Lang‚ was one of the first science fiction movies in the history of film. The film focuses on the differences between the working class who power the city and the wealthy whom indulge in it. The film was host to many German stars at the time such as Alfred Abel and Brigette Helm. As this conflict is going there is a separate
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originated from people attempting to maintain independence in a society that requests conformity‚ with a traditionalist outlook. In Simmel’s‚ “The Metropolis and Mental Life”‚ he concentrated on the subjective culture of the small town and the objective culture of a populous‚ urban city and how it influences the individual. Living in a large populous metropolis‚ has a tendency to dull an individual’s mind‚ causing them have diminished mental activity and constraining them to be as far expelled from their
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English 101 8 December 2010 The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: Honest or Crooked? The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is an agency of highly disciplined and trained people whom sometimes‚ although not terribly often‚ do the wrong thing. We were taught at an extremely young age that the police are friends of the community. There are honest and dishonest people in all societies‚ as well as in the police department. A police officer’s mission is to enforce the law which citizens
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The first half of the twentieth century brought about rapid technological advancement in such a short time period. With these emerging technologies brought the increasing reliance of the machine. The dystopic futures of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four foreshadows the impeding totalitarianism of a sentient machine. The dehumanising effect created by the machine widens the gap of the social hierarchies‚ increasing disparities between the working class and the upper
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movement. George Orwell was inspired to write by the totalitarian regimes of his time such as Hitler and Stalin. He also wrote with his Democratic Socialist views in mind‚ advocating for those who were of the poorer classes. The 1927‚ silent film Metropolis‚ directed by Fritz Lang‚ has a divided society between the wealthier people in the city and the poorer‚ working class living underground and working long hours
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Through evocative parallels‚ a comparative study of texts allows for the composer’s didactic vision to be demonstrated through integration of context and form. Fritz Lang’s German cinematic masterpiece Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s emblematic literary classic 1984 (1949) are very much products of their time‚ galvanised by the profound conundrums and pessimistic predictions of their own cultural and societal contexts. Although remarkably divergent due to absolute contextual disparity‚ both
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Metropolis Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is a very influential movie that portrays several underlying meanings that allows the viewer to distinguish for himself. Metropolis was the first science fiction film made‚ which symbolized a new mark in the film industry. It was produced in Germany in 1927‚ directed by Fritz Lang. This film tells a story of the world of thinkers and workers. The thinkers are people who live in a life of luxury. The workers are the people who live underground
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deindividualisation of society that occurs under corrupt economic and political systems. In other words‚ we better comprehend how humans lose their sense of self at the hand of oppressive governments who wish to unify society as one. Fritz lang’s‚ Metropolis‚ composed in 1927 aims to warn Germany’s middle-class society not involved in political or economic affairs of the poverty‚ conflict and fears of the future. Lang harnesses German expressionism throughout the film to portray a futuristic reality
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The quote “The object of power is power” is heavily supported by George Orwell’s 1949 novel ‘1984’ and Fritz Lang’s 1927 film ‘Metropolis’ through their intertextual connections and shared perspectives. Both texts were composed around the context of pre and post World War 2 which is clearly evident through their settings‚ characterisation‚ themes and ideas. Through Orwell’s and Fritz’s use of dystopic societies‚ empowerment of women and detrimental dictatorship rule it is blatant that George Orwell’s
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