The National Building Museum is proud to partner with the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to present a film series associated with the Musueum's exhibition Unbuilt Washington. Things to Come:The City Imagined on Film screens films that feature striking alternative visions of urban life.

THINGS TO COME
Monday, February 20, 4:00 pm 

William Cameron Menzies background as an art director shines through in this stylized tale of Everytown, as the city evolves over 100 years. H. G. Wells despised Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) and wanted the adaptation of his book The Shape of Things to Come to stand apart. The resulting film’s politics were certainly different, but the striking visuals created by Menzies and artist/art director Vincent Korda were equally impressive and influential—particularly the hyper-vertical, modernist Everytown of 2036.
DIR William Cameron Menzies; SCR H. G. Wells; PROD Alexander Korda. UK, 1936, b&w, 100 min. NOT RATED.

Ticket Information:
BUY TICKETS THROUGH AFI.com/Silver $8.50 AFI and NBM members | $11.50 General Admission | $9 Seniors (65+), Students (with valid ID), and Military | $7 Children (12 and under).  Tickets may also be purchased at the box office (opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day).  Please note that tickets are not available for purchase through the National Building Museum.

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring Metro, Red Line.