I believe that many friends are still immersed in the world of "Dune": the combination of the sense of future science and technology and the style of religious court, the shape of the atmosphere of suspense, and the exotic landscape of the vast desert are deeply attracted to us in front of the screen.
Of course, don't worry about "Dune" is not enough to watch, after all, there are many original novels, and there is also news that "Dune 2" is tentatively scheduled to be released in 2023, a two-year contract, not a long time.
Today's volume also to recommend a few film and television works, I believe that like "Dune" you must not want to miss - the first two works are also from the director Dennis Villeneuve's hand, the last for the film history of science fiction masterpieces, let's take a look at it.
Blade Runner 2049
blade runner 2
Director: Dennis Villeneuve
Starring: Ryan Gosling / Harrison Ford / Anna de Armas
Date: October 6, 2017
Blade Runner 2049 is the sequel to the 1982 film version of Blade Runner, released in 2017, which takes place in the future cyberpunk world, when the new generation of replicants reached symbiosis with humans, the remains of a pregnant female replicant were excavated, and the child was born, the existence of which will completely destroy the rules and order that the government has painstakingly operated for many years. After receiving the task, the superior ordered K to find the child and dispose of it.
At the same time, Wallace, the giant that produces replicants, has been keeping an eye on the matter, a discovery that is unprecedented for them, a new unlimited business opportunity, power and available ruling force.
Blade Runner K, while on a mission, accidentally discovers that the child has a wonderful commonality with his identity, and in the process of solving the puzzle, he also finds the former Blade Runner Dick, and the two join forces to smash Wallace's plan and solve the mystery of the bionic offspring.
Like Dune, the Blade Runner series isn't the first time it's been on screen, and before that they all had pre-film and novel scripts. It's harder to build taller buildings in the middle of a soaring skyscraper than a flattened skyscraper, and Dennis did it in Blade Runner 2049.
In addition to paying homage to the original cyberpunk design, Dennis added a number of new visual spectacles:
The bright red, orange and yellow render a city full of wasteland after nuclear radiation - the colors here no longer conform to the enthusiasm and vitality they generally represent, but present the characteristics of dryness, anxiety, strangeness, loneliness and suffocation. The small figure of the figure contrasts sharply with the huge silhouette of the architectural sculpture, creating a mysterious sense of oppression.
Wallace's design uses a large number of simple geometric factors, the conversation space contains a wide water surface, highlighting a sense of luxury, the sense of fluidity with the light reflected on the surrounding curtain wall to project a sparkle, the original dull and monotonous background layer successfully highlighted, and hinted at the mood of the characters' dialogue.
Holographic projection person, K's virtual girlfriend Joi, hugs and kisses K through the coincidence of the girl's body. This is a baptism and breakthrough of spirit and flesh.
The director did not choose to show the near-perfect progress of digital technology here: in fact, it is not difficult to integrate two female characters of similar height and similar body shape in the face of today's front-line digital technology. But he still did not choose to let the movements of the two female characters completely coincide or replace, but retained the unsynchronized movements and slight delays, but instead contributed to a more natural reality.
It is worth mentioning that the perennial escort of cinematographer Roger Deakins also finally won an Oscar for this work, and the film's producer Ridley Scott was the director of 1982's "Blade Runner".
Directing "Dune" and "Blade Runner 2049" seems to have long been "providence in the dark" for Dennis.
As a teenager, Dennis participated in a competition for young directors held by the TV station, and the young contestant who did not play by the rules quickly attracted the attention of the judges, because he decided to add a mysterious science fiction soundtrack to the documentary shooting material to make a short film, which was unique and outstanding.
And this act of his is also derived from his childhood love of "Dune" and "Blade Runner", and the reverse influence of the two works on him. This innovation allowed him to win the competition and set the direction of his directing career.
Both the Dune series and the Blade Runner series present us with dystopian visions of a futuristic world that have sharp contradictions but can miraculously coexist.
The design and primitive vitality of the similar feudal system in the dunes, the support and return of religion and belief; the abandoned city in cyberpunk with obvious differences between rich and poor, technological development but loss of greenery... They all explore the definition of human beings, the definition of human existence, and the conception of human development.
They are full of unknowns, even somewhat cold and cruel, but they have a charming charm, praising the precious warmth and powerful spiritual power of the beginning of human nature.
befall
story of your life
Starring: Amy Adams / Jeremy Rayner / Forrest Whitaker
Date: September 1, 2016
The film is based on the novel "The Story of Your Life" by Ted Jiang, one of the finest Chinese writers of contemporary America.
The novel was included in the Douban Reading Top 250 list, with a score of 8.7 points, and won the 1998 Nebula Award. With a rare focus on linguistics, the novel explores the overarching problems that extraterrestrial beings must solve in communication with humans.
Twelve shell-like alien spacecraft suddenly descended into the world, using their own unique ring-shaped language to try to communicate with humans, and the U.S. military sent linguists Louis and physicist Ian to study their language.
The state of ignorance and misunderstanding of "weapons" has led to a spike in the hostility of the militaries to aliens, believing that the aliens are going to war and deciding to eliminate them before disaster strikes.
Louis and Ian feel that the aliens are not so malicious and should continue to study for a longer time, while Louis's strange ability to foresee the future is gradually awakening in communication with aliens.
"Foreseeing the Future", Paul has a similar awakening of ability in Dune, and once again we find Dennis's unified exploration theme in the selection of different works.
"When you've seen the end of your life, will you still make the same choices and actions in the first place?" In fact, this question is not detached, because we know that we will eventually die, but after the results of the known stage, whether we can still pay equal attention to the process, dare to change and break through, and seek the meaning of existence in the wandering loneliness, the oppression of fate, and the doubt and loss of identity, is a motif that will never be outdated.
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: a space odyssey
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Kyle Dula / Gary Lockwood / William Sylvester
Premiere: April 2, 1968
The film is divided into three chapters: "Dawn of Mankind", "Jupiter Mission", "Jupiter and Beyond infinity", the narrative line focuses on the meaning but the theme is grand, throughout the process from the use of tools by the apes, to the rebellion of artificial intelligence, and then to the final integration of man and cosmology, from the theme, tone, aesthetics and settings have provided the predecessor and foundation for the later similar films.
There is an important concept in the film: "Black Stone", which is the catalyst for biological evolution, a symbol of Zhigao civilization, and a near-perfect unknown blind spot. The perfect droplets of water in the world of "Three-Body", the shell-like spaceship in "Arrival", and the architectural design in "Blade Runner" all reflect the minimalist high-end of simple geometry.
This film is located in the 197th place of the Douban top 250 list, and is also considered by some filmmakers to be one of the most obscure films, it is regarded as the originator of science fiction films, in 1968 through models, optoelectronics and other wonderful designs to show the real and abstract space aesthetics.
Movies, since their birth, have been based on the events of various stages of human development, constantly exploring the complexity and profundity of human nature, and an excellent science fiction film or soft science fiction film, they not only create a spectacle of timeless time, but also convey a warning, enlightenment or revelation in it. Warning of crises, revelation of pursuit, revelation of laws.
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