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James Cameron: Style and Substance
This December sees the return to feature films of one of our most beloved sci-fi directors. After a decade of experimental documentary films, James Cameron unleashes Avatar. In this retrospective, I will take a closer look at what makes Cameron the living legend that he is.
Emotional Realism: Tim Burton's Fantasies
Does he understand Batman? Does he understand science-fiction, or fantasy? Tim Burton has caused a fair few discussions revolving around those themes throughout his career. In this essay I will suggest that whatever you think about Burton and his films, a key term in understanding his work with sci-fi and fantasy is emotional realism.
Style and story in Star Wars
This summer it was 10 years since the release of the first Star Wars prequel, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and the beginning of the apparent Star Wars backlash. In this article, my aim is to analyze aspects of the recent George Lucas space films that critics often ignore or seem not to understand. Lucas is above all a master of visual storytelling.
Engaging with the science-fiction, part 2
Have you ever gotten goosebumps from a piece of music? Ever fallen completely into the world onscreen because of magnificent set design? Or found your foot keeping the beat because of an irresistible editing rhythm? Most movie-goers sometimes experience film in a way that cannot be put down to narrative, genre or character engagement. There is something else that moves us.
Engaging with the science-fiction, part 1
It is a fact that audiences experience emotions when watching fiction films. How come, when we all know that what we are watching is not real? There could be many possible answers, and I will dissect a few of them over the next two instalments of this column.
Negative Feelings: The Allure of Horror
The popularity of horror movies can easily be seen as a paradox. Why would a huge audience willingly and regularly expose itself to the experience of dread, anxiety, the grotesque and the repulsive? To follow on from my previous essay on film style in Alien, it seems pertinent to ask: What is the allure of horror in outer space?
The Importance of Film Style in "Alien"
There had been science-fiction horror movies before, even ones set in space. But with Ridley Scott’s Alien in 1979, the door to outer space opened wide. Star Wars had blazed the trail, proving to studios that sci-fi need not be a less lucrative kind of deal. 2001: A Space Odyssey had not made much money, but it was the highest grossing sci-fi film of all time up to the point where George Lucas’ space fantasy smashed all box office records. 20th Century Fox promptly green lit the Scott movie.
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