Best Movies about Totalitarianism

Movies about Totalitarianism

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A passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit. When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything — or anyone — to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship. From the mind of Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) comes a new edge-of-your-seat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds! 2005 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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Město ledna 9 2015

В фильме чётко дали понять, что 2 сезона сериала ждать не стоит, но хотя бы сериал не успел скатиться в УГ и всегда останется в нашей памяти как прекрасный сериал.

13 nejlepších dystopických filmů

With George Orwell’s classic novel back in the news again, people shouldn’t overlook its film version–or any of the other excellent, downbeat cinematic visions here. Whether you watch these movies feeling fear for the future or hope that we’ll avoid these fates, dystopian films rank among my favorites–and the medium’s best.

Between the resurgence of its source novel and actor John Hurt’s recent death, Michael Radford’s adaptation is a must-watch. Hurt stars as Winston Smith, who lives under the totalitarian government of Oceania.

2. The Mad Max Franchise

I can’t pick just one entry in George Miller’s series as the best, since each film brings something new to the screen. Whether it’s the low-budget world of the original or the amped-up 2015 favorite Mad Max: Fury Road, these films feature plenty of action and intriguing ideas.

Terry Gilliam’s best film attacks bureaucracy, totalitarianism, plastic surgery, and more, using both incisive satire and a wicked sense of humor. Be sure to watch the 142-minute cut, rather than the “Love Conquers All” version.

Disney doesn’t seem like the best source for dystopian cinema, but this Pixar cartoon doesn’t shy away from commentary on consumerism and waste. As a bonus, viewers get treated to the sweetest love story between two robots you’d ever imagine.

Set on an always-moving train in a world overtaken by snow, Bong Joon-Ho’s epic is simultaneously packed with action and thought-provoking ideas about class. Chris Evans leads a cast that also includes John Hurt (sniff), Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-ho, Octavia Spencer, and Jamie Bell.

You may not have seen this silent sci-fi classic, but its visuals will seem very familiar. Metropole influenced a number of films on this list, as well as Hvězdné války, Kapitán Skye a svět zítra, Úžasňákovi, A další.

Set in 2027, Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar nominee features a world where humans have lost the ability to reproduce. Come for the awesome action sequences (that car attack scene!), stay for the fascinatingly bleak view of the future.

Millions took the red pill with this game changer from the Wachowskis. Bullet time, epic fight scenes, and philosophy: The Matrix má všechno.

Ridley Scott’s neo-noir is always worth watching for its rainy, futuristic city and are-they-or-aren’t-they-replicants plot, but it’s especially worth a view with this year’s upcoming sequel Blade Runner 2049, also starring Harrison Ford.

This blacker-than-black comedy is set in a post-apocalyptic world where food is scarce but the business of the title Nějak keeps fresh meat in supply. Also from directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, Město ztracených dětí could have been on this list as well.

11. Death Race 2000

Speed, violence, and sports are at the pounding heart of this 1975 classic. This is a super fun B-movie with an early starring role from Sylvester Stallone.

Unreleased in the U.S. for over a decade, this Hladové hry precursor is definitely not for the teenage set. A class of junior high school students must fight to the death, making Battle Royale truly live up to its violent name.

13. Zpráva o menšinách

The second Philip K. Dick adaptation on this list (after Blade Runner), this Steven Spielberg hit explores the idea of a society where “precogs” have visions of crimes that haven’t happened yet and the pre-criminals are imprisoned for what they would’ve done. Tom Cruise is a fugitive, so he runs. A lot.

Did I leave off your favorite dystopian film?

Controlled and Totalitarian: Sci-Fi’s Pessimistic View of the Future

Since the optimistic earliest work of science fiction movies, notably, Výlet na Měsíc (1902) by Georges Méliérs, movies categorized as such have been suggesting the state of possible future societies as well as imaginative new technologies, not to mention monsters and aliens. I point out that future societies described in these movies are mostly dystopian ones, rather than utopian, although some of the stories have positive endings in order to satisfy a movie audience.

Utopia and Dystopia

The criterion that differentiates dystopia from utopia may vary depending on the movie analyst’s viewpoint. Some could claim that even a free and wealthy country can be categorized as a dystopia if the people living there cannot have a positive attitude and mindset, which will lead to a negative result, the opposite of a happy life. What is such a life? The PERMA Model describes it.

The PERMA Model was developed by respected positive psychologist Martin Seligman and was published in his influential 2011 book rozkvět. PERMA, an acronym for a model of well-being, proposes five building blocks of well-being and happiness:

• Pozitivní emoce: cítit se dobře
• Angažovanost: being completely absorbed in activities
• Vztahy: being authentically connected to others
• Význam: účelná existence
• Úspěch: a sense of accomplishment and success

However, since I believe most sci-fi movies take an opposite view, I shall focus on their self-evident dystopia and, in particular, totalitarianism.

Table 1 is a short list of sci-fi movies that deal with a future society under totalitarian control. This table excludes sci-fi movies ne focused on the totalitarian organization of a future society even though the situation is set in the future. This is the reason why Hodiny oranžová, Čas vlka, a Svět budoucnosti nejsou zahrnuty.

Table 1. A tentative classification of dystopian sci-fi movies.

Dystopia in the Real World

As a movie lover who watches one or two movies a day, I have found it difficult to find sci-fi movies that describe a utopia. One reason for the imbalanced proportion between utopian and dystopian movies might be the historical facts of human civilization, in which there have been many totalitarian and autocratic societies. We can remind ourselves of such cases as Germany under the regime of Hitler, the Soviet Union under Stalin, China under Mao Zedong, Cambodia under Pol Pot, and even more (and that’s limiting the list to World War II and afterwards.)

Most movies are made to entertain audiences. Sometimes, however, serious themes, such as the nature of dystopia, will be adopted as a way of raising the consciousness of people about their own futures, providing a “possible” view of days to come so they will be able to avoid the circumstances that will lead them again into dystopia.

How Can Dystopia Become Possible?

Some dystopian movies include an explanation of the process by which the society has come to accept such a regime. For example, 1984 refers to a nuclear war, Soylent Green mentions a population explosion and the consequent shortage of food; ZPG a Loganův běh also refer to a population explosion. Metropole a THX-1138 do not have such causes, hence the audience is placed into an unexpected situation from the beginning without any explanatory narrative.

Tak jak byly the real-world totalitarian and autocratic societies mentioned previously made possible in the real world? They are cases in which an older regime was destroyed and people believed in propaganda—that a better society would come about. This belief delivered controlling power to a totalitarian leader. Today, many of the countries mentioned previously are more democratic, which seems to suggest that a totalitarian society is a přechodný state before the eventual emergence of a democracy.

This leads to the next question: is democracy the final form of society that will last forever? If we think about the near future, with the likely circumstances of an energy crisis, the shortage of underground resources, the dwindling food supplies, a population explosion, and the cost of upgrading developing countries, it seems reasonable to think the entire world will be thrown into turmoil.

Table 2. Negative aspects in dystopian sci-fi movies..

Dystopia and Future Technology

From the viewpoint of user experience, it would be good to focus on the development of devices and systems to achieve positive objectives, like those described in the PERMA Model. However, we should also consider how the future devices and information/communication technology (ICT) can be used to control society, which would lead us into a negative life experience. Table 2 shows how domination, propaganda, behavior monitoring, and mind control are described in several dystopian sci-fi movies. Domination concerns social organization and is less related to ICT. Future technology may be related to propaganda and mind control, but here I shall focus on behavior monitoring. Regarding this aspect, ubiquitous technology will be one of the plausible means to achieve the controlled totalitarian society.

The following technologies are available now and will be reinforced in the near future. They all have the potential to deliver information to those in control of governments, systems, communication networks, and other devices:

• Mobile devices such as laptops, tablet PCs, and smart phones equipped with a global positioning systems (GPS) that can send the location of the device user.
• Internet-related devices that give personal information such as preferences, political attitudes, social groupings, and other personal information to those in control.
• Small chips, such as RFID and IC-tags, implemented in many varieties of personal and professional objects that will send the location and handling information of the object (or the person) to people in control.
• Video cameras set up at various places in and out of homes, businesses, government buildings, travel system stations and routes, and commercial shops of all kinds.
• Satellite, airplane, and vehicle reconnaissance collections that provide the detailed pictures and specific locations of particular objects and people.
• Biometrics, including physiological, psychological, and behavioral measures, that provide information about, and accurate identification of, any person.
• Scene analysis and pattern recognition that analyze the pictures taken by organizations, governments, and individuals that will give sufficient information to identify people, places, and objects in almost any environment or location.

When such technologies are in the hands of those who have a strong will to control people, the world drifts quickly and inexorably to a state far worse than those described in dystopian sci-fi movies. To wake us up, to help us prepare for the future, we can learn much from sci-fi movies—even the most dystopian—about the possible future state of the world. Then we, as the audience, can and should utilize that information to stimulate our good-natured imagination to navigate better alternatives.

Kurosu, M. (2013). Controlled and Totalitarian: Sci-Fi’s Pessimistic View of the Future. User Experience Magazine, 13(2).
Retrieved from https://uxpamagazine.org/controlled-totalitarian/

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• Masaaki Kurosu
  Masaaki Kurosu is a professor of the Open University of Japan, with a background in cognitive science and human-computer interaction. He is also a president of HCD-Net. Based on his career as a usability professional, he proposed a concept of user engineering and is now proposing an ADA and a new concept of UX and X.

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