Watch the movie Metropolis. Discuss the portrayal of mechanistic and organic values in Fritz Lang’s 1925 silent film Metropolis. write 3 paragraphs
1- regarding mechanistic values,consider the portrayals of the futuristic city above and below ground, the lives of the workers, the factories and industrial processes, the relationship between the workers and their bosses. Keep in mind the industrial value of progress and its subsidiary values of influence ( including size, power, materialism, wealth, smugness, superiority) and dehumanization.
2- regarding organic values consider the portrayals of the futuristic city above ground, the lives and living spaces of the elites, the reaction of Freder to what he sees in the factory, the scenes in the catacombs, and the workers’ revolt against oppression. Keep in mind the industrial value of progress and its subsidiary values of influence and dehumanization (protest, escape, feelings, innocence, shock, sentimentality)
3- how do the values expressed in the film relate to the integrating value of bureaucracy? overall, does the film endorse mechanistic or organic values. Explain your answer.