This volume explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis, its different versions, its changing meanings, and its role as a database of the twentieth century.
About the Author, Thomas Elsaesser
Thomas Elsaesser is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Among his publications are New German Cinema (1989), Early Cinema: Space Frame Narrative (1990), A Second Life (1996) and Fassbinder's Germany (1996).