Hel/Maria, Metropolis (1927)According to Vivian Sobchack, why doesn't the science fiction film genre lend itself to the same iconographic readings supported by the gangster or western genres?
Referring to the screening of Fritz Lang's Metropolis and this week's reading, describe how the robot Hel/Maria can be read within the context of the fantastic text, or within a narrative that occupies a position between the marvelous and the uncanny.
