Wired News: Nostalgia for a Forbidden Future
Nostalgia for a Forbidden Future
By Jason Silverman|
Long before moviegoers had heard of quantum mechanics, they'd seen a quantum mechanic. He was the guy in Forbidden Planet who fixed the atomic pistols.
Perhaps the most influential sci-fi film of the 1950s, Planet is filled with hints of real science to come. It's got teleporters and laser guns, electronic music and Freudian doublespeak. To audiences in 1956 the film was a landmark, the Matrix of its era, a movie that looked and sounded brand new.
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