Science fiction film

directed by the young producer Darren Aronofsky. As his first big film, Pi won him "Best Director" at the 1998 Sundance film festival. This film was produced in an ideal time to appeal to society's increasing interest for tapping into spirituality and understanding the meaning and purpose of life. It pulls the audience in by intriguing and challenging them with complex questions and ideas and

Metropolis, the 1927 sci-fi film by Fritz Lang, tackles themes of class, industrialization, technological advancement and biblical prophecy; all while demonstrating its cutting-edge prowess in production design and cinematography. Metropolis was created at a time in German film history when the German Expressionism artistic movement was in full swing (Enticknap p.423). The vivid yet papery cityscapes are the film’s most overt representations of the German expressionist movement, foregoing realism

In the film District 9 (2009), biopolitics plays a role in in the social segregation of populations, and through the manipulation of political power based on eugenics and characteristics of living beings. Although biopolitics is “conventionally understood as positive and productive” and supposed to be used as a method to lead to benefits such as in doctrine, discipline, law, and policy, it often leads to racism and discrimination (Prozorov 191). Although some governments use biopolitics as a way

Metropolis: “Breaking down the utopia” In January of1927 Metropolis was released to the German public. The film, which was directed by Fritz Lang, was one of the first science fiction movies in the history of film. The film focuses on the differences between the working class who power the city and the wealthy whom indulge in it. The film was host to many German stars at the time such as Alfred Abel and Brigette Helm. As this conflict is going there is a separate yet relative

This new wave strongly fought against the western hollywood system. Jean Luc-Godard and Robert Bresson are a few leaders of this. The films of the New Wave were done on tiny budgets often all on location and with no name actors. These films were popular and the social norm at the time so shooting on location with many extras was a non-issue. One of most interesting films from the time is Pickpocket. Robert Bresson was able to create an incredibly interesting story with Pickpocket that was nearly all

The movie Divergent is based on the novel by Veronica Roth. The book and film takes place in future Chicago where there are five factions; Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, and Candor. People in future Chicago take a test to determine what faction is most like them. If multiple factions are the result of the test, then it is determined that the person is Divergent. This is a rare story of Beatrice Prior’s experience as being Divergent and surviving in the Dauntless community. The movie starts

Wachowski brothers, ‘The Matrix’ is a science fiction film, which was released in the year 1999. It was the first film to use the now famous camera technique of ‘bullet time’ and also introduced wirework martial arts into conventional cinemas. Its vision of the future is similar to other science fiction films such as ‘Men In Black’ with the agents always wearing sunglasses and the idea of man vs. machine\evil. In the opening sequence of the film, I am going to analyse the effects

Limitless is a 2011 American science fiction thriller film directed by Neil Burger, starring Bradly Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro. The film is based on the novel The dark Fields by Alan Glynn. Following the release of the film, a television series of the same name was also made. In short words: “Limitless” is about Eddie’s adventures after his ex-brother-in-law gave him a pill that suddenly puts his entire brain online. It gives him superpowers unlike any other human. What he does with

“The Host” was directed by Andrew Niccol, and was released in March of 2013. This is a dramatic science fiction movie, There are many actors in this movie, but the most important ones are the main one such as Saoirse Ronan and Emily Browning. There are also two supporting who play a big in the plot they are, William Hurt and Diane Kruger. The “Host” was first a book before it came a movie. This is a story of Earth, in a post apocalyptic time, being invaded by a parasitic alien race, known as "Souls"

The science fiction film genre has been around almost as long as movies have, but like the cinema it is still a fairly young art form. This genre came into existence shortly after the invention of the movie camera in 1888 and has endured for over one-hundred years. Science fiction is adaptive; it changes with the times and this trend can be seen in its incorporation of other genres, cultural history and technology. This essay will attempt to define the genre, chronicle the history and evolution,