Premium Content Sex and Violence, Religion and Technology: Themes in Fritz Lang's "Metropolis"
By Joshua D Silverstein - December 17, 2004
Shaken by the effects of World War I and forever changed by the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, 1920s Germany found itself in a dilemma: how to cope with increasingly pervasive technology and the rapid evolution present in every segment of society? With technology offering humans the ability to kill more people in less time than had ever…
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