Metropolis II by Chris Burden (the movie)

[@benjaminvolk3566]

Imagine all the cars get replaced by ones with headlights and tail lights and then viewing this with all the lights off. Add small bursts of fog here and there. Would be amazing.

[@joshman501]

Ben Volk I agree! That would look awesome!

[@chefke7722]

And some with underglow

[@BBRemy]

I FINALLY got to see this at LACMA yesterday! The best way to describe it is FUN! Adults and kids were mesmerized. I know I walked around it with really big grin on my face. I noticed that the kids would find a favorite viewpoint, then sit down as close as they could. The people watching became part of the shared experience.

[@jonaszeidler8804]

This really nails the image of an actual city. It's all just about being fast, being quick in any ways, yet being stopped and slowed down by traffic jams and masses of people where nobody really cares about each other at all. It's all tiny and yet huge, tight but so wide at the same time. I'd love to see this in person.

[@chrisbinckes2732]

its rewarding itself just to watch the young spectators flow with the installation chris burden had his heart in the right place....... may he be rewarded eternally

[@PetrMores]

Pure poetry, pure art, and wonderfully filmed. I'm really thankful that there are people who spend years on such "useless" magic.

[@pezazul2917]

Beautiful, yes, but Art im not so sure. He does good marketing

[@wmnoe]

It is AMAZING to see this sculpture, I've viewed it several times and it never gets boring or old. It's truly a remarkable piece

[@therealgassypanda]

I would love it if there was less artistic panning shots of the same sections over and over and something logical that showed the track in its length, like what the route was. I literally have no idea and feel like i saw the same corners panned over half in focus like ten times.

[@667shotwell]

Chris Burden never fails to surprise me. one of the best parts of video is the silence of the film and the sounds of cars outside my home.

[@marrrtin]

This is conceptual art I can relate to. "Metropolis II" is completely and utterly awesome.

[@DownShiftRecords]

As someone with intense ADHD, I would love to just sit in the middle of this and get lost in thought.

[@bimosalexandres]

yea me too

[@ProudTwinkie]

yesyesyes me toooooo

[@bagelofthefuture]

Song in the beginning is: *Tortoise - Ten Day Interval*

[@TheresaLoong]

It's a great song.

[@VenenoLuna]

@DoctorLea yes for sure doctorlea the guy only studied visual arts physics and architecture, accomplished a series of performance in the 70s where he would always push himself to the limit and expose his body to dangerous situations...and became one of the major performers of contemporary art....

[@ldiller98]

My wife, 25 year-old son and I were at LACMA for the first time (he lives here, we were visiting from SF). Hadn't really heard of Metropolis II until we arrived. Saved it for near the end. A complete hit for all of us. Saw children as young as three and I'm sixty completely enthralled. We all loved it. Would love to see a video of the view from one of the cars (It might be too fast to see much at a purported 240 mph at scale). The future...?

[@aggysmeets1694]

Chris time has proofed that you were a driven visionary. RIP. Aggy Smeets, Amsterdam

[@Endymion766]

I saw this today at LACMA but it's only turned on at certain hours on the weekend. I guess it would wear out fast if it ran constantly. It's so cool. I love how it comes to life in the video here.

[@kam-ic9pq]

Loved this. Especially the ending shot showing the massive scale of it all. WOW!

[@rc21pitt]

That was beautiful..Absolutely mesmerizing..Wonderfullly shot as well. My compliments to the filmmakers and to the artist

[@TheCoolMhs]

My childhood dream was to make this (and I still want to). Hopefully someday I will.

[@BlackSifichi]

Merci - your video is beautiful and respects the ideas behind this incredible work. Thanks.

[@wishdj]

Words can't express how amazing this is!

[@raymondmartucci2049]

I think this is so cool how you made this video. The cars are awesome 👍 thank you for sharing. All those cars in one room must take along time to build this city and to get all those cars

[@coolersmoke]

Very, very good camera work. And a fantastic subject.

[@kanoslayer2735]

WOW... Just, WOW.... I wish could have seen this in person

[@cdlimbo]

Pure joy to see at LACMA. Loved the train cam.

[@superbrit3845]

Absolutely mind bending this is.

[@GeorgeOhan]

Art.... indeed! Great work by the film crew and the artist!!!

[@MaggieAnton]

I saw the exhibit at LACMA yesterday and it was incredible - awesome in its true sense of the word. The buildings are even more interesting than the cars and trains.

[@Pittmail88]

Wow, nice to see OCD put to good use. Beautifully shot by the way. Sounds great too. Big fan of Max, Henry and Rel's.

[@marlenestrauss]

Beautiful film. Nicely captures the perpetual motion of Los Angeles. Marlene Strauss

[@swtx518]

Maaaan, I like the shot at the end of the train with the camera. I seen a guy suggest on IG of an idea to put a cam on a car while traveling in traffic. That would be an awesome shot.

[@tabolihk1]

I am sure , almost every boy had imagine the plays like this~ AWESOME WORK

[@timrs2001]

Absolutely outstanding!

[@MilesQuatermass]

Saw this at LACMA yesterday. It's a thing of beauty.

[@733835]

Reminds me of Koyaanisqatsi, and an awesome creation.

[@darelldd]

My absolute favorite part is at 3:00 after the STOP buttons have been pressed.

[@zoltanie]

went to see it today in the LACMA, very cool. Hope he makes a bigger one!

[@DoctorLea]

So this guy spent 4 years playing with hot wheels and a couple of train sets...LETS GIVE HIM 20 MILLION DOLLARS!

[@jnickence]

I love the train passing through the city at the end.

[@darknirvana9]

Wow!! this is so amazing and inspiring to me. excellent video by the way....

[@Rad_the_Inhaler]

Very cool. Invokes in me a childlike sense of wonder. I also like how you played tortoise at the begining of the video. They rock!

[@littleerica23]

just saw this today! it was so awesome!

[@MitsTheTiger]

Fantastic job!

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

Wow! Thanks for sharing

[@annemariequillin9105]

Saw it at LACMA. Sooo cool!!

[@cosmosjester]

This is the kind of things i could watch for hours

[@psychosulk]

holy moly... seeing the entire thing in the end was a little too much for me. so cool!

[@teamnoob9380]

You have to stick a camera on a train and car to show what it would be like to travel through Metropolis II in first person view! PLEASE!! :D

[@MsPeperonata]

I read about this in April 2012 Wallpaper* magazine, had to take a look!

[@wills4915]

i went on a sunday and all the cars and trains were standing still. it was still amazing to look at though.

[@w1ndwr1t3]

So cool. It brings to mind imo of the 1927 epic silent movie by German director Fritz Lang. I wonder if it was his inspiration to build this.

[@thomasdudley8627]

+Don Roberts Given that the name of the film you're fondly recalling is "Metropolis", I'm willing to bet there was some thread of inspiration ;)

[@ShadoHHR]

could watch this for hours

[@bimosalexandres]

me too

[@clistere2]

this is, like, dude. really. thank you.

[@zerho21]

Amazing! This could easily be a scale model in a futuristic city for filmaking.

[@johnnys.diecast]

Super cool

[@OneTwentyMN]

The kid in me loves the idea of a giant Hot Wheels tracks, the more analytical adult loves the statement that's made about how we travel. Especially when it comes to how efficiently we travel.

[@TheChillzoneX]

where's godzilla when you need him... fantastic i like the vid! keep the good work

[@Sompeetalay]

This is just amazing ! :D

[@corneliaomir]

Such a beautiful model! However I came here from Aeon's article "the city of the future" and was ready to complain that hopefully this is not the city of the future at all!. Then I read the actual video description and found it beautiful for what it is, a cinetic sculpture.

[@kevinrameau4291]

My dream as a child in 5 minutes...

[@phildawgydawg]

Awesome! Done by the Catfish guys, I see - so long as that's a proper moniker for Joost and Schulman. It's worth mentioning in the event that J/S check these things, Catfish was an AMAZING name for your film given the story told by the husband. The Joost/Schulman style is also present. Now to the star of this film, the artist and more so the installment. This "thing" goes beyond comprehension - there is something mesmerizing about the functionality and continuity that leaves me captive. A+

[@NewPaltzIndie]

he pulls off creating the energy of a city with a childlike sense of wonder. pardon the expression, but a truely "moving" piece!

[@ninalogan]

It's wonderful and amazing and i'd love to see/hear it. Music is perfect - sound like something from Bjork?

[@Kth77]

I've been to LACMA twice and both times this wasn't running T.T

[@jimmckenzie6466]

It only runs every other hour! You can check out the schedule at lacma.org. So sorry you missed it.

[@forresto]

@TheUrbanMammal I think that is on a train. The camera would have to be really tiny to go on a car. And it would somehow be neatoer if it were streaming to stereo glasses at the site of the installation.

[@bleunt]

@LigerZer077 Why are you being so hostile and defensive? So you look down upon people who don't work in a field that will eventually affect the human species as a whole? He's doing something he loves to do. Something that makes people smile. I don't know how that's a waste of time. You're shallow to think all art is a waste of time. But if you're going to look down on other people, at least make sure you use your words correctly. It's "affect", not "effect". It's "you're", not "your".

[@HansDorsch]

cool traffic and cool soundtrack.

[@pnelmatirian]

This sculpture makes me anxious as hell.

[@dill__pickles]

Saw this today at LACMA, the little kids were all over it

[@pflichtvergessen]

simply awesome...

[@RDI64Channel]

Awesome! 🥰

[@nygge]

could you get this installation to Aros mseum in Aarhus, Denmark? Would love to see this installation with my own eyes!

[@hinrg80sradio70]

Que maravilla!! A eso es lo que en verdad se le puede llamar un sueño hecho realidad, por que no hay mas gentes como el?

[@anatiae]

Tortoise's "Ten day interval"!!! yeah! Burden is great

[@Zedwoman]

Have you read The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson? He describes a city very much like this installation. Check it out.

[@jsmith8964]

shit that remind my childhood. Love to see the cars keep running on the track.

[@DecoratingMagic]

very cool!

[@ThriteenEns]

LACMA has stuff scheduled through 2012 on their site! But didn't see anything about this on there! Anyone know when it will be on display?

[@joshman501]

Awesome video! I hope I get to see this one day if I ever visit L.A. Also, I wonder... Would you die if you shrank yourself down and rode in one of those cars? Would the kenetic energy kill you by going that fast around corners and stuff?

[@Dragonas77]

Man, do i hope this is a city of the past, not the future! Its so crowded, i hope somthing new comes along to free us! Amazing piece though, really captures the chaos of the city

[@mrcheektocheek]

thanks...it took burden and his team 4 years. then 3 months to de-assemble and another 3 months to re-assemble in the museum. we used a canon 7D, a canon rebel and a canon powershot 300.

[@danielt2482]

Absolute hell to live there..

[@dmorg05]

LACMA brought me here. Unfortunately, it wasn't running, so I had to see it in action.

[@tanpopo24]

It is a beautiful forming.

[@hotwheels2479]

I'm eating MnMs right now. Just ate a red one.

[@TicoMachi]

+Hotwheels Nation Let me know when you eat some more. Thrilling stuff right there.

[@mrcheektocheek]

@Borin81 WOW. what a strange and awesome reaction to a video.

[@drspeed01]

Well done.

[@Xiph1980]

@ninalogan music by tortoise (Ten-Day interval) & Mahogany (Windmill International A) As per author's description

[@andytithesis5720]

My nephew now wants to be an artist. This is your burden Chris.

[@HipJipC]

Wow, profound. It's like what we're going through now during this pandemic. Like the switches got turned "down" at least and much quietude has taken hold. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ...

[@alietube1]

Wow that sculpture is amazing. How long did it take him to create? Also, are you guys using a DSLR to shoot this?

[@Affalterbach1967]

Were the musicians trained by Philip Glass ?

[@1989worms1]

How do you made those cars and where do I get them?

[@WeblionX]

I imagine the future will be opposite of what the video shows, with rail-based transport getting faster and faster, and vehicles keeping about the same speed and being used more for areas that are low enough in population that high speed rail access isn't particularly useful or where long commutes are rare.

[@SomeGuyFromCanadaTV1]

how come no mention of the original movie? clearly this was inspired by the original city model in the metropolis movie.

[@elporto]

a second in and I recognise the TNT track.. and I'm even more intrigued.

[@darknessplague]

OMG I would LOVE to live in a city like this

[@jonesisdying]

astounding

[@UrbanHELLNER]

Amazing....

[@kacamac]

This looks like a neat sculpture but I sure as hell hope no one ever tries to make such a auto centric metropolis a reality. That would be kind of horrifying.

[@Louis4031]

Tout simplement génial ce jeu de course...