Fritz Lang filmography out his remaining years. Fritz Lang filmography Fritz Lang (1890–1976) was an Austrian film director, producer and screenwriter. In Lang's early career he worked primarily as a screenwriter, finishing film scripts in four to five days. Lang went on to direct popular films of the silent era including "Metropolis" and one of the first important German sound films, "M". Lang went on to direct some of the most important crime and film noir film of the American studio era, such as "The Big Heat". Lang's final film work was an acting role as himself in Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt". Lang returned
The Week That Was sessions, such as Emma Fisk and Peter Richardson on strings. Like Field Music, the songs are in a progressive, fractured style often operating outside of standard verse/chorus structures. However, there are some more radio-friendly songs on the album than Field Music's work, and The Week That Was also has wider and more elaborate use of instrumentation, particularly orchestral instruments. The album's lyrics were inspired by "Paul Auster's labyrinthine storytelling", based around "an imagined crime thriller". Though there is little evidence to suggest a narrative in the finished product, the songs are intended to be seen as musical snapshots from within