METROPOLE

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features an original score by Michael Hebert with tracks from Füxa, Esmerine (Ex-Godspeed You! Black Emperor), múm, AMM, mus-ok, Specs One, Joy Wants Eternity, Blue Scholars and others.
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Seattle, WA -- October 2007, Northwest Film Forum, "Local Sightings" (preview screening)
Vancouver, BC -- March 2008, University of British Columbia (invited screening,
director Q & A)
London, UK -- Official Selection, 2008 London International Documentary Film Festival
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www.metropolethemovie.com

METROPOLE is a feature documentary. The film is a visual exploration of the daily activities of life in the city over one 24 hour period, as experienced by persons from across the social spectrum. METROPOLE uses no dialogue, only images, sounds and music to express the everyday moments of a unique, yet familiar reality. Shot and produced in Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC, the film is scheduled for release in September 2007.
Original score by Michael Hebert. Featuring tracks from Füxa, Esmerine (Ex-Godspeed You! Black Emperor), múm, AMM, mus-ok, Specs One, Joy Wants Eternity, Blue Scholars and others.
METROPOLE looks at social class in America by exposing the interconnectedness resulting from urban living. There are neither interviews, nor dialogue: only images, sounds and music to express the everyday moments of a unique, yet familiar reality. Each of the characters represents the curious diversity of the social groups found in the city. What at first appear like unrelated, individual actions are connected by the complex economic and social relationships inherent to a society that compartmentalizes human activity.By combining beautiful cinematography, with an original, poetic musical score composed by Michael Hebert the complexity of our interdependence with one another in a post-modern and post-industrial economic climate is revealed. The purpose of the documentary is to highlight the contrasting social positions of consumer versus producer, positions that we all occupy, and to defamiliarize the everyday activities of work and rest.(copyright 2007, the Meme Factory)