Showing posts with label film dystopia hell space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film dystopia hell space. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 January 2010

Heterotopias in Cinema

More on Utopia/Heterotopia:  I've just been forwarded this link from a french blog site, not all the movies are mainstream but there are some very well known movies in the list, it does help with definitions of the term Heterotopia....


Andrei Tarkosvky: Stalker (1979)

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Andrei Tarkovski: Solyaris

Solyaris (1972) is my personal choice for the 'film dystopia hell space' category, although I couldn't quite get the clip I was looking for, but this one of the famous highway scene will do - I think it was shot in Osaka, Japan. The story was also made into a film by Stephen Soderbergh, Solaris (2002) which fleshes out the narrative more or reinterprets differently?  Both are from the book Solaris (1961), by Stanislaw Lem.  It is one of the most engaging movies I have ever seen - but it takes a couple of viewings but also patience, because it's slow, quiet and, well, dreamy...

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Jacob's Lader - Vision of Hell Scene

I have recently rediscovered a film i have be trying to track down for quite some time.
I first watched this film at a very young age and this scene in the film was the most memorable for me as it gave me nightmares for a very long time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXXbIOc9h4g&NR=1

just thought id share it with everyone ..