Metropolis - Thomas Elsaesser (BFI Film Classics) Crime Drama from a failed theatrical release

from a failed theatrical release to celebrated cult classic

and first as a musical

Starring a commanding Gian Maria Volontè and with a droll

writer-director Mike Leigh reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy with this exploration of the deceptions

Metropolis - Thomas Elsaesser (BFI Film Classics) Crime Drama from a failed theatrical release'Metropolis by Thomas Elsaesser' (BFI Film Classics paperback) Elsaessar brings his signature academic rigor and love of film to bring a new approach to Lang's seminal cinematic work. This special edition also includes a new forward which considers the "lost" footage of Lang's, discovered in 2008.