If I'm remembering correctly, all the zappy-glowy special effects in this scene were hand-drawn. Now THAT is dedication.

@thiesenf

4 жыл бұрын

The art of animation... Claymation and stop motion is also in the same genre... they meticolously set up each frame one after another...

@Ajourneyofknowing

4 жыл бұрын

MrChenrezi - most likely yes as that how such lightning & electrical energy effects were made in movies before computers & cgi. Rotoscoped & hand drawn onto the film cells

@zztopz7090

4 жыл бұрын

Or, they used static electricity, like Tesla.

@ghostofaforgottenweedle

3 жыл бұрын

Das ist deutsches Handwerk 🇩🇪

@kinsmansteve

3 жыл бұрын

I believe that one of the men responsible for the effects here said that they were done practically, with circular neon tubes suspended on wires. There is a drawing to that effect: the seventh image down on this page: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-magazine-looks-at-metropolis-a-movie-based-on-science-4328353/ I wonder if he mis-remembered, because it seems unlikely to me. Cell animation seems more plausible. Either way, it still looks amazing to this day.

Those special effects are 90 years old. I think they look great for its age.

@rudyrod100

4 жыл бұрын

Exact same thing me and my son were talking about, Just awesome work.

@TECfan1

4 жыл бұрын

Almost 100 now.

@Starbat88

4 жыл бұрын

All done without the benefit of CGI. Pretty impressive.

@essocat3550

4 жыл бұрын

The subjects remind of ghost in the shell

@isanarditama

3 жыл бұрын

you dont say meme

Only 1920s kids will remember

@thegreat_I_am

6 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid the 1920's kids don't remember very much these days!

@tag427

6 жыл бұрын

Ah Gian people have been watching this film for generations

@thefreedomguyuk

6 жыл бұрын

Gian Saculsan no!

@semitelfeletem

6 жыл бұрын

Nope, I took this great once-in-every few years class "German 180Z" ("Loving the Dead" was the subtitle of Professor Rickles' class regarding early movies obsession with the alter ego's ability to cheat a judgment before death and also ultimately to cheat life and death equally.. with a hugely (baneful) Freudian bent; the Prof allowed me to bring my serpent child Simon to class. And strangely enough I had met him first in the antiquities room (very small, mostly oriental) at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. And I'd bump into this same Fascinating Dandy of an older man Each and Every time thereafter-- Museum=Rickles. But I'm inured by now to life's capricous intent to underscore the cyclical in this wondrous universe we get to become part of once the body becomes unnecessary. And remember: Death is a Process, and Natural. Trust your ability to heal; liken death to that.

@therhea8003

5 жыл бұрын

Actually I have shown this film to my grand kids. They remember it and the few that are not brain dead realize just how special these effects are, all done in camera, on a single piece of film with multiple exposures.

These movies have the perfect eerie feels to them, something I never found in recent sci fi or horror films. The things nightmares as well as dreams are made of. I can't explain it.

@sclogse1

6 жыл бұрын

Just like the first Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong. They have an elemental quality. Film itself has it's own message. It helps to remember the kind of adventure stories and gothic thrillers that were out at the time. With no censor board. An exciting time. I highly recommend getting some of the precode DVD Box sets. Gives you an insight as to how hip the writers were back then. Wonderful films you can't forget. I'm a huge fan.

@jasperisawesome3790

4 жыл бұрын

Uncanny Valley

@zztopz7090

4 жыл бұрын

@@sclogse1 I think because they based largely on reality.

@punothebear

2 жыл бұрын

If you saw the first "Alien" movie for the first time in a movie theater you would have pooped in your pants. That movie was just as frightening as the early horror films.

Can you imagine how stunning this would have been for 1927 moviegoers?

@Fissi0nChips

Жыл бұрын

They were probably fainting in the isles. :)

@Cenindo

Жыл бұрын

I assume that to them, this was just as impressive as Terminator 2 (1991) was to my generation.

@onidaaitsubasa4177

Жыл бұрын

Even by today's standards the presentation and special effects are impressive, and the fact that they did all this in 1927 without computers is astounding.

@louthegiantcookie

Жыл бұрын

@@onidaaitsubasa4177 Yes, I agree! I think the most impressive thing are the sets, showing the huge city. They still hold up even today.

@azillliasmith2734

10 ай бұрын

@@onidaaitsubasa4177 also it looking a bit "home made" give it an air of authenticity and mystery that you don't get with the seamless smooth computer generated perfection of later si fi .......

The viewers in 1927 had to have been blown away by this.

@woahwoah2207

4 жыл бұрын

They must have lost their minds. I mean those effects still look decent lol

Done 86 years ago and still 100 years ahead. That. Is. SCI-FI. Wow

@gnagna4715

2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe it's been almost a decade since you posted this comment...

@gnagna4715

2 жыл бұрын

@@googlelord1678 how do you know?

@thecheeselord5943

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnagna4715 Magic

@wesleyrosa6122

Жыл бұрын

96 years now

@cyberpunkchloe9

3 ай бұрын

Hello! This movie is one of the most important piece of art.

Mary Shelley says, "You're welcome."

This isn't even horror or anything of the sort and her stare is legitimately creepy from the eyes of the robot to her waking up and just staring without blinking. Sent chills down my spine.

@lewisner

Жыл бұрын

The scene where Becky wakes up as a "pod person" in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is similar.

@kingkoi6542

Жыл бұрын

This is transhumanism

@OGMaverickGaming

9 ай бұрын

That's also called transcreepyism @@kingkoi6542

@karoltv4390

Ай бұрын

Don’t you see the massive pentagram behind her😂

I read that C-3PO is based on the design of that robot

@zerodawn2277

6 жыл бұрын

miom thank you for the information 🖒

@Nightcre

5 жыл бұрын

That robot looks futuristic nice special effects

@miklosernoehazy8678

4 жыл бұрын

... it's true...

@NoNoseProduction

4 жыл бұрын

Why read. Just look

@auroradvm

4 жыл бұрын

I think you're right! I've never noticed that!

Special effects that took another 30 years to equal, the most influential film of all time and a story that resonates to this day. Simply the greatest film ever made.

@AmIonArock

4 жыл бұрын

Wizard of Oz, is still my favorite. but yeah Met...' really good.

@Chilling_Charizard

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm, Marvel must take note

@HITTHEROAD19

4 ай бұрын

Well ackchyually, special effects advanced at an incredible rate in that 30 years, it's just that cameras advanced faster :D

I can't unsee the image of the robot turning into Freddie Mercury now

@chaseywoot

3 жыл бұрын

RADIO GA GA RADIO GO GO RADIO GA GA

The scientist character in this sequence, Rotwang, and his elaborate laboratory and fiery effects, became the template for films whenever the source material called for a "mad doctor" type 😃

@2adamast

2 ай бұрын

Frankenstein being on screen since 1910

@josef-ralfdwerlkotte8333

24 күн бұрын

​@@2adamastyeah but does he have a robot hand, i think not.

The fact that the special effects was used in this film back in 1927 is incredible and impressive. One of my favorite films of all time.

This is what I love about special effects from the old days. You watch scenes like this one or the stargate sequence in 2001 or the parting of the red sea in The Ten Commandments, and you wonder "How did they do that?" "How did they make it look so convincing?" There was a great mystery to it. When you watch a Marvel flick today, there's no mystery as to how it was done. We know it was rendered on a computer, likely using After Effects or a similar program. The magic is lost when you know how the trick was done.

@Dani_rohr_

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aY5kzrCcmJjXm7Q.htmlsi=sy9bypSLBw6BAV5a is most shocking scene I ve ever watched

This is mad science at its finest.

@weswolever7477

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes ....Kelly Le Brock

The way the music hit when she opened her eyes gave me chills...

You watch this, and think: 1926? No. Way. It's seamless, beautiful, and perfect. You could not improve on it. I first saw it about 30 years ago, and had a terrible crush on Brigitte Helm. ;D

Amazing how well they grasped robotics and automation so early on

@majorneptunejr

2 жыл бұрын

Only in this film. It would take years before the rest of the cinema world would catch up.

isn't it sad.. no one left to reminisce on this movie.. no one from that era might be alive atm people get replaced but their art remains forever for the future generations to appreciate

How they did those effects in 1927???????

@ericschroeder3302

8 жыл бұрын

I took a silent film class as an elective in college. Most of these movies are practical effects. But anything they couldn't do in terms of practical effects they would paint onto each individual frame of the film reel by hand meticulously (about 30 frames per second) as for the transparent overlay im assuming they physically overlayed two frames on top of each other. They also used the painting technique to make movies have "color" before color film was a thing by actually painting each scene by hand. The craftsmanship on classic films is actually pretty insane.

@creatorsun8222

6 жыл бұрын

Eric Schroeder That's exactly what I thought. I myself have been wondering how stuff like this was made with all the visual effects. But I also thought of a solution that seems quite similar to your response. And I was right! So they actuallu did paint over the frames, which definetly makes sense, because computers never actually existed until later through the decades. People were still using artistic concepts in those days, and even WAY in the past before film was a thing. They couldn't develop cameras and all they had were paint and paper to sketch with to make portraits. People were ARTISTS. Movies are always depending on frames, not just movement itself, and the reason why I'm pointing that out is that the life we are living in today revolves around movement. Nothing is moving by frame in reality. But hey, it's still crazy to think that they painted a hand full of frames just to produce these films! #nerdgasm

@turbostatic1

6 жыл бұрын

Rothschild $$$

@lelakitersakiti7759

5 жыл бұрын

@@ericschroeder3302 did they colour Gone with the Wind too ?

@GingerSnape46

5 жыл бұрын

@@lelakitersakiti7759 No, that was shot in Technicolor.

The old black and white films are usually full of all sorts of flaws on the screen...this one is remarkably clear.

Special effects were good awesome for 1927. Still impressive almost 100 years later! The scale of the sets in this movie, the special effects, and the meaning of this movie, still ring true almost 100 years later! Absolute masterpiece!

Funny how SFX in celluloid back then, using primitive cameras to boot, looks more convincing and pleasing to the eye than those digital (and boring) mega whatchamaycallits passing for SFX today.

@averythesuperhero

5 жыл бұрын

Don't act like you know what you're talking about when you can't tell the difference between SFX (Sound Effects) and VFX (Visual Effects).

@averythesuperhero

5 жыл бұрын

Don't act like YOU know what you're talking about when you don't realize they meant Special Effects, instead of Sound Effects. Stop being a dick, also.

@aglayamajorem9546

5 жыл бұрын

@@averythesuperhero The fuck is with you? OP has legitimate remark about the state of the arts. This 1927 film is more believable in effects and more immersive than the lazy bozos who do CGI in most films these days.

@jochenstacker7448

4 жыл бұрын

Back then it was story above effects.

@hdofu

4 жыл бұрын

Its not the advancements in technology to blame but the regression in effort put forth by creators today at least the ones getting advertised and sponsored,

The special effects was way before it's time.... That's Crazy..

The effects are better than the Bollywood movies of todays

Given that this was all done in camera, with a single piece of film run through several times, it's amazing. Just think what the audience thought of in the day, they had never seen the like of it.

according to an 80s CINEFEX article, the electrical arc circles were multiple-exposed one at a time, with each 'hoop' being solid and manouvered the same way as the hydraulics in a fork-lift truck works------a cut-out black shape exactly the same size as the Robot ensured the hoops looked like they were part of the same image. The percentage of the exposure was diffused, to make it look transparent-------fantastic results, even when seen today.

The similarities between the Maria Robot (1927) and the Sophia Robot (2018) are creepy, eerie, and uncanny. "Metropolis" is a TRUE PROPHESY from start to finish.

@TheTwolesslives

2 жыл бұрын

Or, ya know, the people who made the 2018 film were inspired and wanted to make it look like the 1927 one as an Easter egg.

@majorneptunejr

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure it was no coincidence since this is a true classic.

It took many months for Fritz Lang to make a film like "Metropolis," given the rather primitive means of special effects in those days. The film is still largely relevant and a masterpiece.

wunderbar !

The Golem meets Doctor Frankenstein in art deco and 1920s sci-fi

@The_Str4nger

6 жыл бұрын

actually the style of Frankenstein's laboratory came from this

Love it, thanks for sharing!!! I saw this film some years ago in a theater, with life music performed by Art Zoyd, an unforgettable evening!!

The symbology of this film was ahead of its time. Prophetic! As we are living and experiencing in today's world with the advancements in technology. More specifically with A.I., robotics, bio-enchancements/engineering, epigenetics, etc. As well as the pentagram from esoteric and occult teachings inferring the connection between the enslaving of the human soul/spirit and consciousness into this material 3-dimensional plane of existence by "The Machine." Which can be also interpreted as the false god. Through which in this transhumanist era, humans are attached to their devices and technology such as their phones and the internet with social media and further more with Augmented reality and Virtual reality. The continual oppression and enslavement of the human soul and consciousness. Forcing and lowering their vibrational state of being... Dark Times indeed.

@johndoe1765

2 жыл бұрын

Yes someone got an early edition to our future.

This scene and the fight with the skeletons in Jason and the argonauts still blow me away. CGI just doesn’t come anywhere close to this kind of magic.

@sclogse1

6 жыл бұрын

Some moments in the first three Pirates films had some real magic. And remarkable dialogue to go with.

@BoltPin_05

4 жыл бұрын

Was that a Queen refrence?

@ingowalkerling5141

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the fifties stop-motion was ruling - and Ray Harrihausen was the king of the art.

@johndoe1765

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that seene as a five year old scared the hell out of me and when I would cut up my cousins would put me back in line by chasing me around the house with those skeleton movements' even seeing the movie well into adulthood it brought back memories what a great movie anyone notice the pentagram behind the robot.

Excellent rendition. Especially liked the the ultra-eerie sequence [2:30], ending with the strident note of [2:40] as Parody Futura the Robotrix awakens, appearing as human flesh, but underneath a machine completely without a soul.

The effects are amazing for that year

Fritz Lang created the image what a mad scientist and his laboratory would look and work like from scratch

@2adamast

2 ай бұрын

Frankenstein is on screen since 1910(?)

I've always thought that Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine" would have been a perfect soundtrack to Metropolis.

@jochenstacker7448

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I think it wasn't out back then. 😉

Lang made Brigitte Helm (Maria) wear the robot suit for those parts as well, even though there is no way to tell who was in it when filming. The suit hurt her so much, the filming and set staff would put money into the suit to help compensate her for Lang's obsession.

@utubularutubelover4363

4 жыл бұрын

PointyTailofSatan Maria false Mary Catholicism!

@alanfoster6589

3 жыл бұрын

The robot suit was made of...plywood.

@PointyTailofSatan

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanfoster6589 Nope. It was made from a molded putty that when cured, was somewhat wood like. They would mold the rough piece, then sand and carve it to shape, then paint it.

@majorneptunejr

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure the suit was horrible to wear but the few seconds we see of her moving in the suit was excellent.

Incredible special effects for its time.

Thank you for the music, Mr. White!

@PunishedKrab

Ай бұрын

Yo, Mr. White, your music da best!

They did all this with no talking and the technology of that time. Just WOW

Would look even more spectacular with a 4k colour makeover .

Her face when her eyes opened always used to freak me out.

Am I the only one who thinks this is beautiful?

@RichardWhite_Composer

7 жыл бұрын

You are not alone... ;-)

@joshuaAdams3561

5 жыл бұрын

Nope

@OilFreeFeathers

5 жыл бұрын

francisco andrada Yes you are. You are also the only person who has ever seen or even knows about the film Metropolis. You are truly one of a kind.

@etcetera1995

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are. You're the only person in the world who can appreciate the artistry of a good film. Congratulations.

@miklosernoehazy8678

4 жыл бұрын

...it is beautiful and eerie at the same time...

How weird am I to think these effect are better than a lot of today's CGI?

@mechanwhal6590

6 ай бұрын

Not in the least. Anyone can hire a couple tech heads to faff around on a computer. This, on the other hand…

Wow! 91 years...

I was expecting Freddie Mercury to appear singing ‘Radio Ga Ga’

To think that Henry Ford was still making the model T car when this was made,makes the special effects so a head of its time

Rotwang, I was told, means "wet cheeks" in German, an euphemism for diaper rash. Rotwang was a pain in the ass to Joh's father. He was also the inspiration for many other "mad scientists" in movies to come, including Dr. Strangelove. The camera techniques and equipment were designed just for this film. I have the most fully restored version found on DVD -- the extras included explain a lot of the movie in detail. In the parts that are forever lost, they filled in with text from the original surviving documentation explaining what happened. Definitely a great movie for its time.

@johndoe1765

2 жыл бұрын

As well as now this movie lacks no truth, presently just look around.

Brilliant scene from an unforgettable film

Still relevant almost a century later

The making of this movie was pure magic...Magic that is gone from Hollywood forever... You can no longer wonder "how did they do that?"...

@Modellbaustammtisch

4 жыл бұрын

So true, but it's not a Hollywood movie. It was directed by Fritz Lang and he shot this masterpiece in Babelsberg and Staaken, Germany

Being a science geek it just makes so much sense can you imagine each circle of energy was either magnetism or frequency just imagine rejuvenation 🤔🤔🤔🤔

She just open her eyes but she was so creepy!

@logankincade661

4 жыл бұрын

I would have totally banged her back then.......

@miklosernoehazy8678

4 жыл бұрын

@@logankincade661 ...get in line behind Bender... 🤖😆🤣

the people who didn't know they had epilepsy before they walked into the theater will know now

Superb: compare & contrast with such scenes in The Golem and the original Frankenstein [Karloff]. Each of these films a classic in its own right.

This is really impressive!

Beautiful.

Those special fx were something else .

Very nice score!

Wish I had a workshop like that!

The terminator's beginning. Ahead of it's time

Nice effects!

Damn I love these effects such as the music. It remind me of Heroes of Might and Magic III

This is the ONLY SciFi film I enjoyed watching in my entire life!!! The message in this film is clearly stated.

Considering this was made roughly 86 yrs ago, the scenery and plot are both amazing!

@Andytess91

8 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how time goes. Now it’s 98 years old

Ahead of it’s time

I remember this kind of video in Encarta that legit scared me as a kid

Charlie Chaplain seemed to do a callback to Metropolis in his final Speech in "The Great Dictator" When he references "Machine men with machine minds" There also looks like a wink and nod to it with his film "Modern Times".

A great picture

If this is a prophesy that is true, it should be taken more metaphorically or else the trigger for the real fulfillment of it may just as easily slip between our awareness and cause similar effect. Those affected in the film were blissfully unaware of danger as they gradually but clearly became victims in the perspective of viewers. Just as the progression into negative behavior was unnoticeable to them, maybe the same can happen to us with the difference being that there won't be a camera to directly speed up the transformation for easy retrospective comparison.

We watch the shows, we watch the stars, on videos for hours and hours. We hardly need to use our ears, our music changes through the years...

Radio, someone still loves you

Does anyone find this creepy?

@basiliskos119

6 жыл бұрын

Aku Is Here the inverted pentagram, that’s the first thing I noticed

@gameexplorer6504

6 жыл бұрын

me

@therhea8003

5 жыл бұрын

It's supposed to be creepy. After all the mad inventor is putting all the memories into the robot.

@etcetera1995

4 жыл бұрын

That's. Kind of the whole point. There's something wrong with you if you *aren't* unsettled.

@hadeed-_-5678

4 жыл бұрын

Well that's the point isn't it?

Helm was actually under the costume when the robot first walks in front of Joh Fredersen. So the robot would have her mannerisms.

@wesisagisback yeah, but the city shots look so awesome.

Alchemy meets science at its visual finest.

@khashy87

4 жыл бұрын

Can you please explain

If the academy awards were at that time, this scene would get the Oscar for special effects.

This gives me a lot of chills and a lot of nightmares the first time I watched it when I was a kid. The cinematic music for this scene is quite different though, I remember it was in a deep tune, kind of like a futuristic computer tune. More creepy, more of a sinister sound. I hope I find that version with that very music.

2022 no longer a fiction, it’s a working process

Doc Brown's first access to 1.21 jigawatts.

Brilliant.

Thank you. I must check out the Sibelius Notation System.I'm sure it will be a big help to me.

Incredible

Peter Sellers got the gloved hand idea for his Dr. Strangelove character from the Rotwang character in Metropolis.

Amazing technique.

Mr. White. I do really like your music. The clarinet (if I'm not wrong) tremolo from 0:45 to 0:52 is disturbingly shocking. Congratulations.

@RichardWhite_Composer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Yes, clarinet - with piccolo doubling - are actually trilling...

Wonderful

brilliant film

Brilliant 👏

They should show this movie in theaters again for the 100th anniversary

Wow!

The art of this age was something else.pscy.

This is a good work for the 20'

She looks so peaceful…

Not bad for 85 years ago

H.G. Wells hated that movie. Because of this he wrote The Shape of things to come. It was his Anti-Metropolis

Efectos especiales...demasiado avanzados para aquel tiempo....gran director fritz...