Metropolis (Blu-ray + DVD) PG-13
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Metropolis (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 30, 2018
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Sony Pictures Home
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Rintaro | |
Screenwriting by | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | |
Composition by | Toshiyuki Honda | |
Story by | Osamu Tezuka | |
Voice: | Kei Kobayashi, Yuka Imoto & Kouki Okada |
Entertainment Reviews:
Tale of the struggle for personal freedom in a futuristic, tyrannical society is light on action by contempo standards, and pic's look is uninteresting, apart from occasionally bizarre backgrounds.
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Variety
Unfortunately, as this movie is a joy in visuals, it's a let-down plot-wise.
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Cinema Crazed
...Beautiful....The film is often a sci-fi's dream come true, and the illustrative style is quite classy...
Hollywood Reporter
It smoothly blends outrageously diverse visual styles and emotional tones.
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Chicago Reader
...METROPOLIS has an impeccable anime pedigree and a unique retro style....Much more than just a curio...
Total Film
we see the director's towering world of tomorrow being erected on the foundations of yesterday's cultural influence... a dizzying postmodern edifice, more impressive for its shimmering Steampunk architecture than for the dramas accommodated within
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Little White Lies
Rating: 4/5 --
Essentially, think of this as Fritz Lang for beginners - which is in no way a bad thing.
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SciFiNow
Product Description:
This animated Japanese film from Rintaro (X) and Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA), based on the 1949 manga by Osamu Tezuka, takes place in the futuristic city of Metropolis. A struggle between the robots and the human population of the city, who once coexisted peacefully, has now exploded into a violent revolution. An investigation conducted by private detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi leads to an outlaw scientist named Dr. Laughton. The scientist was hired by the ruler of Metropolis, Duke Red, to create a superhuman robot-girl, Tima, to succeed him as the next ruler of Metropolis. However, Duke Red's jealous bastard son, the Rock of Marduk, cannot stand the idea of a robot taking the throne and he sets out to destroy Tima. What ensues is a frantic race as Kenichi and Tima flee the Rock through the underground tunnels, dilapidated alleys, and skyscraping towers (called the Ziggurat) of Metropolis, aided by a nurturing trash-collecting robot, Fifi.
Combining classic cartoon drawing with modern computer animation techniques, METROPOLIS plays on the sharp contrast between flat, round characters, and deep, undulating, digital backgrounds. A blimp-submarine vessel roves through Metropolis, sometimes propelled through a watery medium, other times gliding on a monorail or floating through mid-air. The detail of the city's decor is breathtaking, from the moldings and colorful facades of the momentous buildings to the shiny marble floors and leather furnishings of some of the city's sleek interiors. A New Orleans jazz soundtrack adds an element of playful mystique to the film, though the blaring rendition of "I Can't Stop Loving You" that plays as the towers come crashing to the ground in the hellish apocalyptic finale only enhances the shocking, warlike chill that permeates the film.
Combining classic cartoon drawing with modern computer animation techniques, METROPOLIS plays on the sharp contrast between flat, round characters, and deep, undulating, digital backgrounds. A blimp-submarine vessel roves through Metropolis, sometimes propelled through a watery medium, other times gliding on a monorail or floating through mid-air. The detail of the city's decor is breathtaking, from the moldings and colorful facades of the momentous buildings to the shiny marble floors and leather furnishings of some of the city's sleek interiors. A New Orleans jazz soundtrack adds an element of playful mystique to the film, though the blaring rendition of "I Can't Stop Loving You" that plays as the towers come crashing to the ground in the hellish apocalyptic finale only enhances the shocking, warlike chill that permeates the film.