Metropolis and German Expressionism

 German Expressionism:

Visual distortion

Hyper-expressive performance

Inner conflicts of 1920's 

Dramatic, revolutionary interpretations of human conditions

Chiaroscuro lighting

All Movements:

German Expressionism

French Impressionist Cinema

Soviet Montage

Italian neorealism

Japanese New wave

British new wave

French new wave

Hong Kong new wave        

Metropolis:   

High angle/establishing shots

Long shots of the city

Metropolis contained images of slavery after WW1, as it showed the economic destruction caused by the war. The rich benefits from hyper-inflation whereas poor suffer and have to work even harder for their money. 

Rich vs Poor (Claude Levi Strauss) Binary opposites

Class conflict and division: