Tag: Fritz Lang

Metropolis

Fritz Lang’s 1927 dystopian silent sci-fi classic is one of the most iconic movies in cinema history. Its photography style and production design has been hugely influential, both on a great many sci-fi movies (Blade Runner etc etc) and music videos (Queen’s Radio Ga Ga). Possibly the most famous image is of the robot, seen…


The Big Heat

Fritz Lang’s 1953 crime thriller is now considered one of the classic film noirs. The movie stars Glenn Ford as a homicide cop. Plus, there’s an early role for Lee Marvin as a heavy who, in the movie’s most famous scene, throws a pot of boiling coffee in his moll Gloria Grahame’s face, badly scarring…