Metropolis October 8, 2009

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) announces its 2009/2010 season of film. QTP and the Museum of the Moving Image have partnered to present Moving Image Masterpieces, a series of six of the greatest films of all time at QTP’s home, a 464-seat auditorium at the former New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which also has a 99-seat performing arts space. The new series is programmed by David Schwartz, Chief Curator of the Museum of the Moving Image, who will introduce each screening: Citizen Kane, Metropolis, Rules of the Game, Toyko Story, 8 ½, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tickets are $10 per film ($8 multi-show discount).

Metropolis – Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 7:30pm
With live music by Donald Sosin
Directed by Fritz Lang
With Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm
Reportedly inspired by a trip to New York City, Fritz Lang’s stunning vision of a dystopian future in which an exploited working class lives underground, serving the wealthy ruling class, was the most lavish and influential of all silent films. With its spectacular sets, its thematic ambition, and its power-mad scientists, its alluring cyber-heroine, and its rebellious underlings, Metropolis set the template for many science fiction films to come. For years, the film was shown in highly edited prints in the United States; this recently restored version is the definitive edition of Lang’s silent masterpiece.
Tickets $10