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documentary pr
MonsteRs fRoM tHe Id
sAt 2nd MAY
11.10AM
director: david
Gargani
Does fiction inspire the science, The film also looks at the way sci-fi
Runtime: 71mins
or does science inspire the portrayed man’s fears of invasion
Year: 2008
fiction? Monsters From the Id is a and loss of freedom at that time
country: UsA
documentary that addresses this using, in particular, Forbidden Planet Language: English
question. Going back to the classic (where the title is taken from) to show
Format: Digibeta
sci-fi movies of the fifties and sixties, that most of the terror comes from
Source: Blue Room
when the promise of an exciting within man’s own psyche.
new age permeated the world, the
If you have an enquiring mind, and
filmmakers look at the influence
are interested in the SCIENCE LAB
these films played on a future
talks being held at the festival, then
generation of scientists, and hear
this is a great place to start getting
from those that went on to do great
your brain cells stimulated – and
scientific work because of what they
see fantastic clips from 1950s’
saw at the movies.
sci-fi classics.
one of the theories put forward is
that in those films it was the scientists
that were the heroes who saved screens with short documentary film:
the day with their superior intellects, NAMING PLUTO (below)
rather than with muscles and dir. by Ginita Jimenez, 13mins,
weapons that permeate today’s UK, 2008
movies. They propose that we need
more films like those early classics
to encourage a new generation of
young people to become scientists
in order to save our world.
THE 8
TH
LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009 29
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