Metropolis

Theme: Inequality

Metropolis is a silent film, that in my opinion really started the whole futuristic movie movement. Many movies are based off of the themes and plots seen in this movie, and it's a classic. The future portrayed in this movie is that of a divided civilization. There are the thinkers, and then there are the workers. The thinkers are actual people, whereas the workers are robots creted with only one purpose in mind. The thinkers never cross over into the others world, and they are blissfully ignorant of how the other half lives. Some man decides to see how the workers live and is astonished and shocked as to what he sees. The working conditions are awful and people are being hurt and killed left and right but since they are just workers no one seems to care. They're not given the same rights as the thinkers and they aren't treated with any respect. The end of the world is here, and the town is being flooded and the only people being saved are the thinkers and the workers are kept in prisons and cages and left to die. There is rebellion and fighting and the workers will do anything to live. This movie reinforces the fact that humans generally don't respect or care about anything "beneath" them, and they will always put themselves first. Their general cruelty and disrespect will eventually lead to their downfall as a civilization.