Tag Archives: Robot
Metropolis (1927)
Even in its near-complete 2010 restoration and running 150 minutes, Fritz Lang’s Silent epic Metropolis (1927) is possessed of churning, frenetic energy, like an industrial works geared to explode. It is a machine; a machine movie about other machines. And it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 20's, 7 Deadly Sins, androids, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Lang, German Expressionism, Giorgio Moroder, Robot, Science Fiction, Silent, Tower of Babel
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Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
At one point in Sans Soleil (1983), essay filmmaker Chris Marker, visiting Japan, turns his camera on his hotel television set. He watches footage of Japanese recovering from an earthquake, he watches samurai movies, and he watches the anime TV … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Animation, Galaxy Express, Japan, Pluto, Rintaro, Robot, Science Fiction, Train
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The 10th Victim (1965)
How do you classify The 10th Victim (La decima vittima, 1965)? Is it a science fiction satire on our obsession with violence? Is it another James Bond parody, filled to the brim with over-the-top fashions, beautiful women, and cold-hearted assassins? To … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Comedy, Gladiators, Italy, Marcello Mastroianni, Psychedelic, Robot, Science Fiction, Ursula Andress
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