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Endeavours Documentary Film Fest to Screen Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ with Live Musical Accompaniment!
By InCinemas / 24 Mar 2015 (Tuesday)
For the first time in Singapore, moviegoers are able to enjoy the 1927 German sci-fi epic, ‘Metropolis’, directed by Fritz Lang and starred Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich and Alfred Abel.
The silent film is regarded as the pioneering work of science fiction genre in movies as being among the first feature length movies of the genre. It features a range of elaborate special effects and set designs that director Lang envisioned the cityscape to be after seeing the skyscrapers in New York in 1924.
To top the experience, this film screening is accompanied by live music from Paul Searles, an award-winning composer and sound designer at The Gunnery, Singapore.
'Metropolis' Film Screening
Date: 27 March 2015, Friday
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Projector (#05-00, Golden Mile Tower)
Ticket Pricing:
- Student/Senior/NSFs/SFS members: $16
- Normal: $18
[Film Synopsis]
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a saviour to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang
Duration: 150 min
Language: German with English Subtitles
Colour: Black & White
Live music by Paul Searles from The Gunnery
Metropolis film screening is part of the Endeavours Documentary Film Festival, a platform to showcase documentary films about people and their lives and recognise great filmmaking. The festival will take place from 13 – 17 May 2015 at the Arts House.
(Find out more about the film festival here!)