2020
DOI: 10.24310/fotocinema.2020.vi21.10000
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La crisis constructiva del sueño europeo en Metrópolis, de Fritz Lang. Un estudio contextual comparado de los mitos de Prometeo y Atlas

Abstract: Metrópolis de Fritz Lang es una película de enorme complejidad que casi cien años después de su estreno sigue provocando polémica en torno a las posibles interpretaciones ideológicas que propone. En este artículo, se estudia la película en paralelismo con otros usos ideológicos que se hicieron de los mismos mitos clásicos y bíblicos en ese contexto histórico. Especialmente aporta mucha luz sobre el complejo significado de Metropolis la comparación con el proyecto iconográfico del Rockefeller Center de Nueva Yo… Show more

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“…Fritz Lang's film Metropolis features a similar creature (Maria the robot) who turns on his promethean inventors and nearly destroys the city. Metropolis makes further allusions to Atlantis and its destruction in its story resembling the biblical Tower of Babel, as well as a subtle reference to a proletarian Atlas, as analysed in a recent article (Jiménez & Latorre, 2020). More recent films such as Blade Runner or Prometheus by Ridley Scott continue this precautionary reading.…”
Section: The Promethean Spirit: Between Philanthropy and The Desire For Emancipation And Freedommentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Fritz Lang's film Metropolis features a similar creature (Maria the robot) who turns on his promethean inventors and nearly destroys the city. Metropolis makes further allusions to Atlantis and its destruction in its story resembling the biblical Tower of Babel, as well as a subtle reference to a proletarian Atlas, as analysed in a recent article (Jiménez & Latorre, 2020). More recent films such as Blade Runner or Prometheus by Ridley Scott continue this precautionary reading.…”
Section: The Promethean Spirit: Between Philanthropy and The Desire For Emancipation And Freedommentioning
confidence: 98%