In one part of Metropolis, a mad scientist creates a female robot that he attempts to use to corrupt and destroy others. The actress whose form the robot is transformed into, Brigitte Helm, actually wore the costume and suffered immensely. Full body prosthetic costumes were somewhat new at the time, and the material Schulze-Mittendorff used, while versatile and easy to mold, had sharp edges and was very rigid. It also didn't help that the cast he modeled on top of was of Helm standing up- this posed so much difficulty when she sat that a special rig had to be constructed to push her up and out of the chair while she was being filmed. Perhaps the pain was all worth it, though; the Maschinenmensch is a film icon even today. In case you need some side by side comparison to reinforce my previous statements:
Maschinenmensch!
Poser.
No comments:
Post a Comment