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Re:H. G. Wells reviews "Metropolis" (1927) by blue-dragonfly on Monday November 30, 2020 @09:08PM (#25261498)
If you are interested in the evolution of film, including the silent ones, this course on MIT OCW is a good resource:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-expe...

I subscribed to the Criterion Channel after watching the lectures, which has a number of the movies referenced in the course. I developed a new appreciation for Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. There is a lecture on German film:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-expe...

Prof. Thorburn doesn't seem to like Metropolis either:

> It's much admired by certain film scholars, although not by me.

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