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Metropolis features a range of elaborate special effects and set designs, ranging from a huge gothic cathedral to a futuristic cityscape. In an interview, Fritz Lang reported that “the film was born from my first sight of the skyscrapers in New York in October 1924”. He had visited New York for the first time and remarked “I looked into the streets — the glaring lights and the tall buildings — and there I conceived Metropolis.”
Describing his first impressions of the city, Lang said that “the buildings seemed to be a vertical sail, scintillating and very light, a luxurious backdrop, suspended in the dark sky to dazzle, distract and hypnotize”.
He added “The sight of Neuyork [sic] alone should be enough to turn this beacon of beauty into the center of a film”.
He added “The sight of Neuyork [sic] alone should be enough to turn this beacon of beauty into the center of a film”.
“We shall build a tower that will reach to the stars! Having conceived Babel, yet unable to build it themselves, they had thousands to build it for them. But those who toiled knew nothing of the dreams of those who planned. And the minds that planned the Tower of Babel cared nothing for the workers who built it. The hymns of praise of the few became the curses of the many — BABEL! BABEL! BABEL! — Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a Mediator, and this must be the heart.”