Metropolis (1927)

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Wikidata Q151599, film, IMDb tt0017136, TMDB 19: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the best known by that title (68 Wikipedias; the next, 24).

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Express Yourself (Madonna video): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (visual homage): Metropolis ⇒ Express Yourself (Madonna video) (the host's read). A host says Express Yourself is obviously modeled on Metropolis.
    “This one is obviously modeled on Metropolis, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:09:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

2010: The Year We Make Contact: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (ending comparison): 2010: The Year We Make Contact → Metropolis. The ending that tells you directly what to take from it is compared to Metropolis.
    “It's very metropolis where it's like, this sci-fi movie is going to end with us directly telling you what the takeaway is”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 1:05:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dune: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Dune → Metropolis. Dune is one of the few films that fully achieves the awe of a completely realized world, like Metropolis.
    “this is one of the few, like, movies to fully kind of achieve for me the power of metropolis”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:16:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Express Yourself (Madonna video): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (visual homage): Metropolis → Express Yourself (Madonna video). A host says Express Yourself is obviously modeled on Metropolis.
    “This one is obviously modeled on Metropolis, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:09:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Dune → Metropolis. Dune is one of the few films that fully achieves the awe of a completely realized world, like Metropolis.
    “this is one of the few, like, movies to fully kind of achieve for me the power of metropolis”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:16:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (visual homage): Metropolis → Express Yourself (Madonna video). A host says Express Yourself is obviously modeled on Metropolis.
    “This one is obviously modeled on Metropolis, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:09:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (ending comparison): 2010: The Year We Make Contact → Metropolis. The ending that tells you directly what to take from it is compared to Metropolis.
    “It's very metropolis where it's like, this sci-fi movie is going to end with us directly telling you what the takeaway is”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 1:05:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.