H.G. Wells' scornful Review of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS

Science Fiction luminaries clash!

http://erkelzaar.tsudao.com/reviews/H.G.Wells_on_Metropolis%201927.htm

The review has three surprises for me. First, Wells did not like the film, which was (and is) a brilliant milestone in sciencefictioneering. He thinks it derrived from his own THE SLEEPER WAKES (and perhaps with some justice). Second, H. G . Wells, a damned socialist, actually has the wit and wherewithal to make accurate and correct criticisms of the socialist mopery in the film, pointing o...