Metropolis with live rescore by The New Pollutants
PRESENTED BY FED SQUARE, SUPPORTED BY INSITE ARTS
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fritz Lang’s celebrated dystopian sci-fi, performed with The New Pollutants’ live rescore, blending German trip-hop, low-fi electronica and classical music.
A treat for music-lovers and cinephiles alike, Silent Cinema with Lives Scores continues to be the best-kept secret of Open Air at the Square.
For the final event in our silent cinema concert series, we’re presenting Fritz Lang’s dystopian science-fiction masterpiece, Metropolis.
One of the most influential films of the German Expressionist period, Metropolis is set in the distant future – the year 2026.
Visually spectacular, the dystopian retro-futurism of Metropolis foretells a world where industry and privilege feed off the misery of the working underclass. Into this mix of tension and strife, a story of love and humanity prevails.
Celebrating the film’s 100th anniversary, the newly restored film will be accompanied by The New Pollutants a rescore of their acclaimed original score, performed live by The New Pollutants with vocalist Astrid Pill and cellist Zoe Barry.
Bring a picnic blanket or settle into a deckchair, and journey with us through the history of silent cinema, with a weeklong program exploring the fantastic and the phantasmic – brought once again to life, with reimagined soundscapes.
Dir. Fritz Lang | 1927 | 2hrs 28 mins | Germany | English titles
This event is presented as part of Open Air at the Square.
The New Pollutants