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Metropolis (1927) built its futuristic city using detailed miniature models, combined with early visual-effects techniques and stop-motion for movement. The cars were based on the latest Berlin taxicabs of the time. Months went into constructing the city, and days were spent filming just a few brief sequences of traffic, planes, and elevated trains. Some early shots lost their intended depth during film development, when the backgrounds were lightened, weakening the forced-perspective effect. Ev