Not as literal a take as you might like, but Fritz Lang’s _Metropolis_, of course — an invisible, downtrodden underclass breaks their backs on the machines so t

Not as literal a take as you might like, but Fritz Lang’s _Metropolis_, of course — an invisible, downtrodden underclass breaks their backs on the machines so that a mediocre elite can live in the clouds. That was nearly 100 years ago.