jeff mills metropolis is good to put on and just listen to all the way through. i think it is vaguely similar to X-103 Atlantis, because of the alternating tone of the tracks: hard tracks / atmospheric tracks. the tracks really do seem to be inspired by some 1926 silent movie. i know a devout student of the arts who has seen it and says the 'special effects' of this movie were amazing for 1926.
mills writes a little three paragraph essay on this film, here are the last two paragraphs.... mills says: "in 1926, fritz lang's timeless masterpiece, metropolis exceeded the laws of mortality. with his acute executions of detail and dynamic formation of storytelling, he managed to capture minds and extort acts of passion. needless to say, his contribution to the advancement of motion pictures was bold enough to create political manifestations of such proportions that the scale of influences have yet to be match by any other film in history. his socialist overtones peered across the line of ethics while at the same time, presented the fruits of capitalism and their applications. only by the heart will there be inner peace thus,outer. it seals the fate in this story, a lesson, i hope, should be reissued with time. "it is my intention to reintroduce and educate the theories and ideology of fritz lang's contribution of metropolis to the cyber-youth of today. implying the timeless message of solidarity and the romantising of the perfect world. a utopian dream. it seemed fitting that this movie, the movie that shaped the young minds in 1926 be reiterated and re-integrated at this beginning of our new century. we hope through the advance made in technology and the acute sense of futurism by the youth of today, we can capture the minds and expand the imaginations, the ones that will soon forge and form our new world." my favorite tracks are the techno ones, i really like perfecture: somewhere around now, the keeping of the kept, robot replica, and i really like the synths on the last atmospheric track, new beginning. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
