mus•ter•fuck on Instagram: "Built in 1927, Set in 2026: “Metropolis” by Fritz Lang Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, released in 1927, is one of cinema’s most iconic science fiction films—both a visual triumph and a profound cultural warning. Set in the year 2026, the film imagines a future where society is divided between a privileged ruling class who live in towering skyscrapers and a dehumanized labor force that toils deep below the city’s surface. Lang’s work is not only a technological marvel for it