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Title: Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) Artist: Fritz Lang (American (born Austria), Vienna 1890–1976 Beverly Hills) Date: 1929. Medium: Digital video transferred from 35mm film, black- and- white, silent (with new score by Javier Peréz Azpeitia), 162 min. Dimensions: Dimensions variable (approx. 55" screen) Classification: Variable Media
Nov 23, 2014 · Less ambitious and mystical than Lang’s previous sci-fi film Metropolis, Woman in the Moon combines an imaginative adventure yarn, a triangular love story and a conspiracy thriller. Helius, a ...
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Dec 7, 2004 · Woman in the Moon is the great German director’s somewhat labored final silent, slave to a first hour of repetitive sub-Mabuse theatrics before an awe-inspiring rocket launch sequence that, according to some (including a Gravity’s Rainbow-era Thomas Pynchon), effectively invented the pre-launch countdown. From there it’s a sporadically interesting love triangle/espionage story among the stars, one that only realizes the soulful implications of the title with a superb final close-up of ...
Apr 22, 2004 · An accidental gunshot pierces an oxygen tank on a rocket named after the woman its pilot loves, who is in fact engaged to the pilot’s business partner and engineer – all three are on the journey, together on the moon. This interplanetary love triangle wallows delightfully in last-minute rescues, multiple near-death scenarios, a daring ...
Nov 9, 2004 · Woman in the Moon is a film I've dreamed of seeing for nearly fifty years. Finally! I get to watch it. This King Video version is outstanding in the crisp clarity of its imagery. Thrilled to drink in every detail. Plus, I love Fritz Lang films. I had read the science was poor, that weightlessness was ignored and the moon portrayed with an ...
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Woman in the Moon ★★½ By Rocket to the Moon; Girl in the Moon 1929. Assorted people embark on a trip to the moon and discover water, and an atmosphere, as well as gold. Lang's last silent outing is nothing next to “Metropolis,” with a rather lame plot (greedy trip bashers seek gold), but interesting as a vision of the future.
Woman in the Moon. Woman in the Moon is a German science fiction silent movie. It was first shown on 15 October 1929 at the UFA-Palast am Zoo theater in Berlin. There were 2000 people in the audience. Many people say it is one of the first "serious" science fiction films. It was directed by Fritz Lang. it was written by his wife Thea von Harbou.
