Tag: Fritz Lang
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Loki Drew Inspiration From Generations Of Sci-Fi Movies
I’m not sure if “Loki” season 1 is Marvel’s best Disney+ series to date, but it may be the most consistent quality-wise. While other Marvel Cinematic Universe shows have flown higher before stumbling in the final stretch (not naming names), director Kate Herron was steady-handed in her efforts behind the camera on the God of…
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Sam Esmail’s ‘Metropolis’ Series Is Scrapped — Sorry, German Expressionism Fans
Ach der lieber! German Expressionism fans everywhere are in sorrow as Sam Esmail’s seven-years-in-the-making passion project, a series adaptation of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” has been shelved, Deadline confirms.The series, from Universal Cable Productions (UCP), had been prepping for production in Australia and was expected to be the biggest TV series ever shot there. It was…
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High-Profile ‘Metropolis’ Series Officially Dead
As writers remain resolute in pressing home their demands with the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike with no perceivable end in sight, more big-budget productions continue to take the hit. The latest to join the growing list of affected projects is Sam Esmail’s ambitious TV series, Metropolis. According to Deadline, production on the…
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The Case for Shot-for-Shot English-Language Remakes Is Trickier Than You Think
Taking an excellent international film, and plopping directly into the Hollywood system to try and prop it up as some new, exciting thing, has been a long-derided practice of big movie studios for decades. The butchering of classic, radical films like Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse, and Fritz Lang’s M are all examples of…
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This Harrowing Sci-Fi Classic Was Even More Brutal Behind the Scenes
Surviving as one of the most celebrated and analyzed films in Hollywood, Fritz Lang’s 1927 sci-fi classic Metropolis continues to offer film nerds and silent movie lovers alike much food for thought. The visuals and plot devices that the film introduced were, at the time, groundbreaking, and are often credited as having largely shaped the…