Fritz Lang’s Metropolis

Popular Culture
Inspirations further than the film medium

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 “[Madonna] acts out two visions of women: the naked one wearing a collar and chain, the black corset
and suspenders, the masculine, crotch-grabbing power-dame in the dark blue, baggy trouser suit,
flashing a glimpse of bra and smoking a cigarette” - Clerk, 2007

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“[Express Yourself] was an early foray into direction for David Fincher and with it’s $2-million price tag was one of
Madonna’s most majestic and expensive videos sos far. Mirroring films like Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and with an underlying
master-and-slave/S&M theme, the video had Madonna as a Jean Harlow-esque dictator in a futurist, rain-soaked world,
with an army of muscular slaves dancing around her” - Foy, 2012

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Illustration List
Figure 2, 4, 5. Radio Ga Ga, Queen (2008) [Youtube Video]
At:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azdwsXLmrHE (Accessed September 27th 2018)

Figure 10, 11, 13. Express Yourself, Madonna (2009) [Youtube Video]
At:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVcUzP_O_8 (Accessed September 27th 2018)

Figure 8. Queen of the Night, Whitney Houston (2009) [Youtube Video]

At:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFcnGLFGbL8 (Accessed September 27th 2018)

Figure 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12. Metropolis. (1927). [Film] Directed by F. Lang. Germany: Ufa.

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