mentioned the most classic and influential science fiction film in history, "Star Wars" is definitely a dazzling star among the top.
According to the American Film Institute (AFI) selected 10 movie genres, "Star Wars" is the second greatest movie in the genre of science fiction, second only to "2001: A Space Odyssey", and is listed as an American movie A masterpiece of the "Hundred Years and Hundred Years" series of the learned society.
A new chapter in science fiction movies
With the birth of "Star Wars", global science fiction films have also opened a new chapter. Looking back at the development of science fiction movies in the past half century, from 1977 to the mid-1980s, it can be said that American (and even global) science fiction films triggered a huge explosion of fanaticism, adventure, passion, and imagination in the audience.
Sci-fi movies want to be "eternally passed on", and nothing more than a combination of two elements: "visual shock" and "powerful story."
If "Star Wars" is the watershed, Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters have since burst out a kind of explosive power of visual technology. This film is the first to use large-scale special effects to make subsequent sci-fi movies imitate one by one, laying the cornerstone for future epic sci-fi blockbusters; secondly, the relationship between special effects technology and story has become more dramatic than ever. , The director is bolder to try new themes of science fiction epic. With
inspiring mankind’s infinite imagination of space, characters’ adventurous assaults, top confrontation between justice and evil, and surprising visual effects, "Star Wars" set a new definition for the science fiction movies of the time.
The 1980s sci-fi film
, which has a long history, was in 1977, in addition to the "Star" film that set off a new page in American sci-fi epic films, there was also Stephen. "The Third Kind of Contact" directed by Spielberg. The film is a story about the contact between aliens and humans, but it is also one of the milestones in science fiction movies.
This film portrays aliens as gentle and friendly creatures, which is quite different from other early movies of the same kind (almost all previous movies have aliens as evil monsters), and it combines humanity, science fiction, and spirituality. And other issues, its special shooting techniques created a thrilling, weird and psychedelic atmosphere, which has a profound impact on future supernatural or science fiction films.
Stephen. Spielberg and George. The two major science fiction giants produced by Lucas's two major science fiction film directors have drawn a new situation for future science fiction films and stimulated the audience's hunger for science fiction creation. (Four years later, the two directors and close friends joined forces to create the first part of the Indiana Jones series "Indiana Jones")
Since Stephen. Spielberg and George. After Lucas successfully created a new pattern of science fiction myths, Hollywood filmmakers were more willing to spend a lot of money to invest in science fiction films.
In the seven or eight years after 1977, many sci-fi blockbusters with a long history and familiar to the audience were born. Such as "Star Wars" series, "Superman" series (1978), "Alien" series (1979), "Star Trek" series (1979), "ET Alien" (1982), "Blade Runner" (1982) , "Devil's Terminator" series (1984), "Back to the Future" series (1985); of course, there are also many very classic and posterity adventure films, such as "Indiana Jones" (1981) series and "Seven Treasures" series "(1986) and so on.
sci-fi films stimulate computer animation technology
as sci-fi movies soar into the sky, it also brings a new surprise for later generations: the explosion of visual special effects technology.
uses computer animation technology in sci-fi movies to "marry into the door" before applying it to visual effects. Special effects personnel most often use Mini Model combined with Blue Screen synthesis techniques to complete special effects visual effects.
After that, the first to create the special effects industry in movies was George. The "Light and Shadow Magic Industry" established by Lucas to shoot "Star Wars". It is said that eight of the 10 highest-grossing films in history used visual effects produced by the light and shadow magic industry (such as "Jurassic Park"); in addition, "Pixar" was purchased and founded by Jobs in 1986. Previously, its predecessor was the computer animation department of "Lucas Pictures", which created "Star Wars". Obviously, filmmakers have realized that the application of computer graphics special effects will be a new trend in science fiction production.
really calledThe first film on the movie to use computer animation, the most complete and comprehensive use of movie special effects, was "Tron" in 1982. Technically, the film combines real-life shooting and computer animation synthesis; the story script also involves an unprecedented virtual reality and electronic world. This is an unprecedented pioneering work in the 1980s. Although
was not at the box office at that time, and was not talked about by future generations like other sci-fi blockbusters, it was the ancestor of computer animation fully integrated into the movie world. In the early 1980s, after sci-fi films planted the seeds of a high degree of use of computer animation, the entire sci-fi film since the 1990s relied heavily on computer animation. Nowadays, each of our audiences can enjoy the sound and light effect of a thumping heartbeat in the cinema. The foundation laid by many science fiction films in the 1980s is absolutely indispensable!
The classic sci-fi film
talked about so many great sci-fi films of that period, we still have to return to the most classic and shocking blockbuster of sci-fi films: "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968).
The film director Stanley. Without the aid of dazzling computer special effects technology, Kubrick used superb photography skills to photograph the weightless state of space and successfully predicted new technologies for humans’ future space life, such as space planes, space stations, and the universe. Advanced technologies such as flight suits, space tourism, and video phones.
not only satisfies humanity’s desire for future life in space, the idea of space planes and space stations in the play has become a mirror of the space station designed by NASA. The following year (1969), the American Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon. The relevant real technology almost confirmed the scenes of "2001: A Space Odyssey". Obviously, the rich homesickness of film creators and the creativity of scientists for science and technology complement each other, and they are still praised today.
Stanley, who lacked computer animation aids at the time. Kubrick, making this science fiction film both abstract and serious, scared many viewers at a loss. But his film concept has also inspired the film director who succeeded him; the famous director Christopher. Nolan even took Stanley. Kubrick was deeply imprinted in the depths of his soul and became a model for Nolan to learn from the shadows. (The other film that influenced Nolan is "Blade Runner" in 1982; Gotham City in "Batman: Hour of War" is filled with the depressive urban style in "Silver" films)
Philosophy of Life
Nolan’s heavyweight sci-fi film "Interstellar", in a sense, is a cross-age tribute to "2001: A Space Odyssey". Both directors used science fiction films to contemplate a thousand-year puzzle: where is humanity going?
With the magnificent pattern of wide-angle and long lens and the non-linear narrative of reality and fiction, they push the audience into the philosophical whirlpool of science fiction films. (Of course, Nolan loves the real-life shooting of steelmaking with indigenous methods, and does not prefer too many computer special effects, which are well-known in the film industry. It is also similar to the shooting environment of Kubrick at the time.)
lets us jump out and return to "Star The "War" series is a nostalgia for the science fiction films of that era. Almost like the "007" series of movies, many "longevity" movie series like "Star Wars" have spawned a large amount of investment in science fiction films by filmmakers, triggered the advent of many visual technologies, and ignited the enthusiasm of the audience for science fiction films. .
has so far been called "classic" and long-lasting science fiction films, it was during the period from 1977 to the mid-1980s that they blossomed and bear fruit. Their explosive power is like a thousand suns, which makes the great force of science fiction films, often with fans. together.
