I’ve often heard producers and studio heads saying, “The audience is not ready for this,” while rejecting a film pitch. While it’s the most heartbreaking thing to hear for any filmmaker who’s getting rejected, I often wonder how much of it is true.Looking back, there are so many films that got the recognition that they deserved years after their release. Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, and Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane are just a few good examples. Are we really in a place where we can predict the audience's preference? Or do we serve them new things?Looking back, there are too many instances where we owe an apology to a lot of filmmakers who were shunned for making movies that pushed the boundaries of cinema. In this article, we’re listing some of the most iconic movies that were way ahead of their time. Consider this article an attempt to make it right to some extent. Movies That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time 1. Metropolis (1927) Lang Fitzgerald’s Metropolis, despite being a magnum opus, featuring practical effects and technical innovation way advanced for its time, tanked at the box office in its initial run. With its release in 1927, Metropolis also attracted a lot of controversy that included a direct accusation of plagiarism by literateur H.G. Wells and even began to be directly linked to fascism owing to its political allegories. Even though the narrative should have perfectly resonated with the Germans, who were still trying to...
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