Dystopian Future Movies

#1

Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:18am

Hey,

Question for all you film buffs out there. My friend and i were just talking and we want to have a Dystopian Future Movie night since we both like movies like Blade Runner, Fifth Element, Minority Report, Clockwork Orange, Dark City, etc. Any good suggestions?

Akiva

#2

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:28am

You named all my favorites (Blade Runner being at the very top of the list), but what about The Matrix? Or, - and now we're getting into the "classics" - Soylent Green. The original Planet of the Apes could count, too. And the film version (not the TV series) of Logan's Run.

#3

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:32am

God, there's a million. The grandaddy being METROPOLIS.

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#4

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:33am

Well, yes, but silent movies are a tough sell.

#5

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:34am

Speaking of dystopian future movies, has anyone seen Children of Men? I never got around to it...wondering if I should Netflix it?

#6

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:35am

Borstal Boy: Yup there are a million. Which are your faves though.

I'm thinking or renting City of Lost Children, since Amelie is one of my faves and its the same director.

Akiva

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re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:36am

Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!!!!

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#8

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:37am

For a comic take on the issue, check out IDIOTOCRACY. Then check out the bizarre, still-not-totally-revealed story as to why Mike Judge's follow-up to OFFICE SPACE was completely buried by its distributor.

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#9

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:40am

Jaily: Way to ruin the movie if he hadn't seen it yet!

#10

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:40am

Erika,

Children of Men is how we got on the subject and discovered we both had a passion for these movies. I didn't seen it yet, but she loved it.

Akiva

#11

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:40am

If you're thinking City Of Lost Children, then you should go with Delicattessen. Same director, post-appocalyptic setting, brilliant film.

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#12

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:49am

My old boss used to idolize Delicattessen.

Akiva

#13

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 10:49am

Link: Good to know. I will definitely check it out.

I saw City of Lost Children in the theatres way back when, and I liked it, but I don't count it in the same category.

#14

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:14am

I love City of Lost Children and Delicatessin! Children of Men was stunning. Logan's Run is one of my all-time favorites. I must have watched it at least 25 times. I was a fan of the short-lived TV series as well.

Also check out the very surreal Songs From the Second Floor. It's like viewing live-action poetry.

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#15

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:18am

I was a fan of the TV series, too (I was a wee tyke, but I loved me some sci-fi), but I just adore the film, mainly because of lovely Michael York.

#16

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:18am

Musn't forget this!

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#17

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:18am

To complete Charleton Heston's sci-fi trilogy I must add The Omega Man. Super Dystopian!

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#18

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:23am

If the silent film version of "Metropolis" isn't an easy sell, I highly recommend the recent anime version by Osama Tezuka. I thought it was a beautiful movie and every bit as moving as the original.

The Matrix is also at the very top of my list, as well as the film version of 1984.

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#19

re: Dystopian Future Movies

Posted: 4/18/07 at 11:25am

The television miniseries of The Martian Chronicles is available on DVD. The special effects are quite hokey, but it's an engrossing story, nonetheless.

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