Duncan Jones' Five Sci-fi Movies You Have To See 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
"Sci-fi was a shared love with my dad. We went through a phase when he would show me Kubrick films - I remember watching A Clockwork Orange when I was way too young for it, but he was lovely and talked me through it - and this was another one we watched back then. 2001, along with Solaris, was the grandfather of all contemporary science-fiction films because it initiated the whole idea of doing serious science-fiction, as opposed to the more B-movie Forbidden Planet-style '50s sci-fi. Kubrick caused a sea-change in the genre firstly by coming up with the technical innovations that allowed us to create sci-fi films that felt believable, and then by telling mature, thoughtful, interesting stories. I can understand why people think of 2001 when they see Moon, but I really believe that Outland and Silent Running were inspired by 2001 and Moon was inspired by them. There's a generational skip."
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Outland And Alien
Posted on Monday July 27, 2009, 13:47 by Gold Digger
Great to see a young director respect such overlooked movies like Outland. I adore Alien and Outland and adore Jerry Goldsmith's fantastic scores for both who really set the tone. The good old days when they had living breathing sets that looked realistic. The time and effort that went into them really showed. Read More
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RE: Alien
Posted on Friday July 17, 2009, 17:59 by wdron
Absolutely right. Alien is my favourite film of all time. I love this list and everything on it - can't fault the man - but Alien tops it in my view. Alien is a stand-out film and absolutely looks as authentic today as it did on release, which Scott somehow also achieves with Blade Runner before CGI allowed people to create future worlds much more easily. The characters are fantastic and there's tension between them before they even land on LV426. Read More
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Posted on Thursday July 16, 2009, 22:49 by Drone
Outland is such an overlooked film; every word a true one. So brilliant and atmospheric... like he says, it's a plausible, living, breathing world on screen Read More
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