One of the first musical memories I have is Queen’s music video for “Radio Gaga” in which a bleak future city with flying cars and high rises is portrayed. For some odd reason, I ended up seeing the film that provided the background footage, Fritz Lang’s visionary 1927 film Metropolis, when I was in first grade at the local library. This left a lasting impression on me about the future of life in cities and the possibilities and challenges they would provide.
Whether we think about the flying cars of a bleak future city in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, the hidden underground cities of The Matrix, or ...
