Metropolis explores class struggles, human-machine dynamics and a pursuit for societal harmony amid technological advancements. Its powerful sequences involving visions of the future and images of technology to a large degree control the flow of the narrative. Creating an uncanny vision of a time and place so striking they become part of our own arsenal of images for imagining the world.

Despite its historical significance, the original version of Metropolis was lost until a nearly complete copy of the movie was found in 2008, in a museum in Argentina. After restoration, there is now a definitive version that Lang claimed no longer existed.

Screening as part of NI Science Festival. Established in 2014, NI Science Festival has grown to become the largest celebration of its kind on the island of Ireland and in its relatively short lifespan became one of the leading Science Festivals in the whole of Europe.