Monday, 8 June 2015

Forbidden Planet (1956)


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Forbidden Planet (1956) – F. Wilcox

I thought I had seen this before, but apparently not since my memories were in black and white and this is in amazing color (lots of contrasting reds and greens). A bunch of astronauts in the future land on a planet where a man and his daughter have been castaways (think The Tempest). They are attacked by a mysterious force (which is animated with assistance from Disney in one great scene). The Freudian and Shakespearean undertones provide heft to an otherwise B-movie set-up.

  

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