Metropolis
Was reminded of Metropolis by the night starship stacking photos, 1 of the things 1930's futurist art got right. Managed to skim through the gootube downloadable copy. What young lion found unwatchable went down in 1 hour at 2x-4x. Silent movies have an unexpected benefit of being watchable at high speed & paused on the subtitles. Young lion watched a low quality VHS tape at 1x, couldn't understand any of the themes or decipher the hazy images. Only remembered the guy turning the clock & hours of static scenes. The restored version was much clearer, about as engaging as any classic from the 80's, a complete reversal from the VHS copy. There were a few visuals predicting the metallic towers & spotlights of the modern era. Even the crosses in the catacombs had to reach for the stars. Clock guy, as remembered. Imagine a world where a manual laborer was required to do the job of ev...