{"id":338,"date":"2010-09-30T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/?p=338"},"modified":"2011-04-03T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:00:43","slug":"issue-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/09\/30\/issue-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 43: Futuristic Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2010\/09\/30\/issue-43\/review_metropolis_homepage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_Metropolis_homepage-594x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Metropolis\" width=\"594\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_Metropolis_homepage-594x445.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_Metropolis_homepage-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/review_Metropolis_homepage.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<b>Theme: Futuristic Cities<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/04\/metropolis\/\"><I>Metropolis<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/28\/futuristic-cities-on-film\/\">Futuristic Cities on Film<\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/escape-from-new-york\/\"><I>Escape from New York<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/03\/things-to-come-operatic-urban-regeneration\/\">Reel Sounds:<\/A> <I>Things to Come<\/I><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/03\/edward-hollis-is-wall-e\/\">Alter Ego:<\/A>  Ed Hollis is Wall-E<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Interviews:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/19\/20-minutes-with-gaspar-noe\/\">Gaspar No&#038;#233<\/A> on <I>Enter the Void<\/I><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/24\/splatter-interview-with-joe-dante\/\">Joe Dante<\/A> on <I>Splatter<\/I><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/03\/letrange-festival-interview-with-frederic-temps\/\">interview Fr&#038;#233d&#038;#233ric Temps<\/A> on L&#8217;Etrange Festival<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Film Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/01\/the-last-exorcism\/\"><I>The Last Exorcism<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/my-son-my-son-what-have-ye-done\/\"><I>My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/winters-bone\/\"><I>Winter&#8217;s Bone<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/16\/enter-the-void\/\"><I>Enter the Void<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>DVD Reviews<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/adelheid\/\"><I>Adelheid<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/26\/mother\/\"><I>Mother<\/I><\/A><br \/>\n&#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/01\/compulsion\/\"><I>Compulsion<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Comic Strip Review:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/01\/the-pet-shop-of-horrors\/\"><I>Pet Shop of Horrors<\/I><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Colonial Report from the Dominion of Canada<\/b><br \/>\n <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/05\/colonial-report-from-the-dominion-of-canada-3\/\">Frank Cole<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n <b>Blog<\/b><br \/>\n &#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/09\/03\/a-serbian-film-censored\/\"><I>A Serbian Film<\/I> Censored<\/A><br \/>\n &#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/09\/21\/film4-frightfest-2010-inventive-killers-and-sinister-dreamers\/\">Film4 FrightFest Festival Report<\/A><br \/>\n &#8211;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/2010\/09\/21\/shinsedai-cinema-festival\/\">Shinsedai Festival Report<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<b>Podcast:<\/b><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/09\/filming-the-last-exorcism\/\"><B>Filming the Last Exorcism<\/B><\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<B>Futuristic Cities: Cinematic visions of metropolises to come<\/B><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the release of Fritz Lang&#8217;s restored silent classic <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/04\/metropolis\/\"><I>Metropolis<\/I><\/A>, we have articles on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/28\/futuristic-cities-on-film\/\">futuristic cities on film<\/A> and <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/escape-from-new-york\/\"><I>Escape from New York<\/I><\/A> and a Reel Sounds column on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/03\/things-to-come-operatic-urban-regeneration\/\"><I>Things to Come<\/I><\/A> while <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/03\/edward-hollis-is-wall-e\/\">Ed Hollis<\/A> tells us why he would be Wall-E if he were a film character.<\/p>\n<p>In the cinema releases, we review <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/01\/the-last-exorcism\/\"><I>The Last Exorcism<\/I><\/A>, Herzog&#8217;s brilliantly skewed police procedural <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/my-son-my-son-what-have-ye-done\/\"><I>My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?<\/I><\/A>, the harsh and beautiful hillbilly tale <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/winters-bone\/\"><I>Winter&#8217;s Bone<\/I><\/A>, Franti&#038;#353ek Vl&#038;#225&#038;#269il&#8217;s subtle war tale <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/05\/adelheid\/\"><I>Adelheid<\/I><\/A> and we <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/09\/19\/20-minutes-with-gaspar-noe\/\">interview Gaspar No&#038;#233<\/A> about his latest provocation, <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/16\/enter-the-void\/\"><I>Enter the Void<\/I><\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>New DVDs include Bong Joon-ho&#8217;s fantastic <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/09\/26\/mother\/\"><I>Mother<\/I><\/A>, Richard Fleischer&#8217;s take on the Leopold and Loeb murder case <A 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