{"product_id":"metropolis-thomas-elsaesser-9781844575015","title":"Metropolis","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetropolis is a monumental work. On its release in 1925, after sixteen months'\u003cbr\u003efilming, it was Germany's most expensive feature film, a canvas for director\u003cbr\u003eFritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions. Lang, inspired by the skyline of\u003cbr\u003eNew York, created a whole new vision of cities. One of the greatest works of\u003cbr\u003escience fiction, the film also tells human stories about love and family.\u003cbr\u003eThomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis: its different\u003cbr\u003eversions (there is no definitive one), its changing meanings, and its role as a\u003cbr\u003edatabase of twentieth-century imagery and ideologies.\u003cbr\u003eIn his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th\u003cbr\u003eanniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Elsaesser discusses the impact of\u003cbr\u003ethe 27 minutes of 'lost' footage discovered in Buenos Aires in 2008, and\u003cbr\u003eincorporated in a restored edition, which premiered in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Elsaesser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844575012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844575015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.30d","brand":"Thomas Elsaesser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984388161791,"sku":"9781844575015","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9aba98a-63bf-4917-a6de-9f32fcc4f3d9.jpg?v=1683272024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metropolis-thomas-elsaesser-9781844575015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}