H・G・ウェルズのSF月世界探検 (1964)
H.Gウェルズ"月世界最初の人間"が原作の1964年製作のSF映画。 人類初の月面着陸に成功。全世界が祝祭ムードの中、調査隊は月面にてイギリス国旗と1899年とサインのある置き手紙を発見する。サインの主はキャサリン・カレンダー。事情を聞くべく彼女を探すが彼女は10年前に他界。しかし医療施設で暮らす老齢のベットフォードという男から事の真相を聞くこととなる。 ここから映画はベッドフォードの回想へ。彼と彼の恋人ケート(キャサリン)、科学者カボール3人の月旅行の話が始まる。 月の映画と言えばメリエスの"月世界旅行"の方が知名度は高いし本作のことは知らなかったんだけどたまたま見つけたので借りてみた。 結論から言うと観て良かった。 特撮と初期のショボい合成技術が最高。変な着ぐるみの月の住人セレナイトはキモカワイイ。ウェルズの重力を遮るペーストという発想も自由で楽しい。子供みたいに冒険ものはやはりワクワクしてしまう。 そして、この映画宮崎駿監督インスピレーション受けてるんじゃないかな。て、勝手に思ってしまった。 月の住人の世界の仕組みや原動力、存在する昆虫(王蟲のような)はまるで風の谷のナウシカ。洞窟の中の光る石や重厚で幾何学的な模様の入った扉はラピュタを彷彿させる。この映画に好意を覚えるのは大好きな宮崎駿作品と重ねてしまったからかもしれない
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1964, the first American sets foot on the surface of the moon only to find out the British have been there already in 1899. An example of British imperialistic hubris in UK movies? In Lifeforce (1985) the British even have their own space shuttle program. An inventor, Cavor (Lionel Jeffries) invents a coating named cavorite. Cavorite shields the gravitational force much like a curtain shields sunlight. Somehow I find that completely plausible. If photons, the bearers of the electromagnetic force can be absorbed, why can gravitons, the bearers of the gravitational force not? For me the fact that no one invented cavorite is proof that the gravitational force is a completely different beast altogether. I am sorry this analysis does…
Who would watch this film and say, you know, an hour fiddling around inventing rocket travel with some light comedy isn't enough! Forget the moon itself, I want an entire film that's just about making the rockets! Harry Alan Towers, that's who, with his production Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon made three years later, also with Lionel Jeffries. So if I am overly generous with the rating here, keep in mind that not only do they build a rocket in this one (more of a ball, really), but they take it to the moon and encounter some incredibly cool bug aliens, both of the kids-in-bug-costumes variety and stop motion. Also, a giant vicious stop motion caterpillar, all done by…
Ray Harryhausen's massive sub-lunar alienscape is the true star in this Verne adapted sci-fi satire, a cinematic cousin to "20,000 Leagues." Juran's vibe is mildly Disneyfied steampunk, a scenic adventure where even congenial madman Jeffries feels a bit extraneous in his velvet-lined spaceship.
Films I Watched On TCM / Film4 While I Was 'Working' Wonderful poster, wonderful title - and so nearly a wonderful film. It's a strange thing in a sci-fi adventure such as First Men In The Moon for the bit before they actually set off on their adventure to be more fun than the adventure itself. Once Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd and Martha Hyer (<3) do get to the moon, this film is just not nearly as good. It dispenses with most of the delightful comedy that the first half is shot through with for a slightly disappointing tale about aliens (that looked suspiciously like Clangers) and something that didn't really make full sense to me. To be honest, I…
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