{"product_id":"9781844575015","title":"Metropolis","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBFI Film Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas Elsaesser\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ Film \u0026amp; Video\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\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\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHOMAS ELAESSER is Emeritus Professor at the University of Amsterdam,\u003cbr\u003eand since 2006 Visiting Professor at Yale University. His books include Weimar\u003cbr\u003eCinema and After (2000), Film Theory: An Introduction Through the Senses (2009) and\u003cbr\u003eThe Persistence of Hollywood (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 September 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781844575015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e112\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515144863884,"sku":"9781844575015","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0fda93e0-7994-451d-b191-84c8810363fc.jpg?v=1784688451","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781844575015","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}