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catapres tts patch Admittedly, it's a flawed story. The acting is theatrical, the characters bizarrely naive and neurotic, and the plot notoriously muddled. Even the recent release of a near-complete version failed to explain everything. But in its broader strokes, Metropolis draws on deep roots (Biblical, Jungian, Wagnerian, fairy-tale) to explore themes that continue to concern us: the dehumanising effects of industrialisation; the fetishisation of technology; the divide between the rich and poor, the rulers and the labourers, the "head" and the "hands". Politically, the film has been read across the spectrum, from social-democratic to pro-fascist. (Lang's wife and co-writer Thea von Harbou did, indeed, join the Nazi party later on.)