Sci-fi adventure film "Tomorrowland," depicts a utopian future city in an alternate universe. The cityscape was partly inspired by the Tomorrowland themed "lands" in Disney amusement parks.
"Tomorrowland" (2015) —
Sci-fi adventure film "Tomorrowland," depicts a utopian future city in an alternate universe. The cityscape was partly inspired by the Tomorrowland themed "lands" in Disney amusement parks.
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The 2017 movie "Ghost in the Shell" -- like the anime film it was based on -- is set in a future megalopolis filled with skyscrapers. The setting was inspired by dense Asian cities like Tokyo and Hong Kong.
"Ghost in the Shell" (2017) —
The 2017 movie "Ghost in the Shell" -- like the anime film it was based on -- is set in a future megalopolis filled with skyscrapers. The setting was inspired by dense Asian cities like Tokyo and Hong Kong.
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Cult sci-fi movie Blade Runner imagined a dystopian Los Angeles in -- what was then -- the far future: 2019.
"Blade Runner" (1982) —
Cult sci-fi movie Blade Runner imagined a dystopian Los Angeles in -- what was then -- the far future: 2019.
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Director Ridley Scott's vision of Los Angeles melded Manhattan and LA with the neon intensity of Hong Kong and the spirit of Tokyo.
"Blade Runner" (1982) —
Director Ridley Scott's vision of Los Angeles melded Manhattan and LA with the neon intensity of Hong Kong and the spirit of Tokyo.
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The movie's depiction of the future had an huge impact on the visual language of the genre.
"Blade Runner" (1982) —
The movie's depiction of the future had an huge impact on the visual language of the genre.
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The interiors of the titanic Tyrell Corporation headquarters, a building at the heart of "Blade Runner," were adapted from Frank Lloyd Wright's Mayan-inspired Ennis House.
"Blade Runner" (1982) —
The interiors of the titanic Tyrell Corporation headquarters, a building at the heart of "Blade Runner," were adapted from Frank Lloyd Wright's Mayan-inspired Ennis House.
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Produced in 1976, "Logan's Run" is set in a sealed, domed city.
"Logan's Run" (1976) —
Produced in 1976, "Logan's Run" is set in a sealed, domed city.
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The movie depicts a future in which citizens are killed off on their 30th birthday to save resources.
"Logan's Run" (1976) —
The movie depicts a future in which citizens are killed off on their 30th birthday to save resources.
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The story is set in 2274, with characters living in a computer-run utopia.
"Logan's Run" (1976) —
The story is set in 2274, with characters living in a computer-run utopia.
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The movie's producers created a huge miniature model city, which appeared in many of the wide shots.
"Logan's Run" (1976) —
The movie's producers created a huge miniature model city, which appeared in many of the wide shots.
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Actor Keir Dullea poses on the set of "2001: A Space Odyssey." Director Stanley Kubrick reportedly kept a close eye on all elements of the film's futuristic aesthetic -- right down to the spaceship cutlery created by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) —
Actor Keir Dullea poses on the set of "2001: A Space Odyssey." Director Stanley Kubrick reportedly kept a close eye on all elements of the film's futuristic aesthetic -- right down to the spaceship cutlery created by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen.
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Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, who wrote the "2001: A Space Odyssey" novel and collaborated with Kubrick on the screenplay, on set of the Aries lunar ferry.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) —
Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, who wrote the "2001: A Space Odyssey" novel and collaborated with Kubrick on the screenplay, on set of the Aries lunar ferry.
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A concept illustration showing the interiors of the Discovery One spaceship.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) —
A concept illustration showing the interiors of the Discovery One spaceship.
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Director Andrei Tarkovsky and production designer Rashit Safiullin created a haunting, dreamlike set for "Stalker," a 1979 film focused on a restricted site called the "Zone." Somewhere inside the Zone lies a room where a person's innermost desires are fulfilled.
"Stalker" (1979) —
Director Andrei Tarkovsky and production designer Rashit Safiullin created a haunting, dreamlike set for "Stalker," a 1979 film focused on a restricted site called the "Zone." Somewhere inside the Zone lies a room where a person's innermost desires are fulfilled.
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Karyn Kusana's "Aeon Flux" (2005) presented the world in the year 2415, when survivors of deadly virus outbreak live in a walled city.
"Aeon Flux" (2005) —
Karyn Kusana's "Aeon Flux" (2005) presented the world in the year 2415, when survivors of deadly virus outbreak live in a walled city.
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Movie sequences were filmed in a number of atmospheric Berlin buildings, including the Bauhaus Archive and the Treptow Crematorium.
"Æon Flux" (2005) —
Movie sequences were filmed in a number of atmospheric Berlin buildings, including the Bauhaus Archive and the Treptow Crematorium.
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An image from the series "En L'An 2000" ( or "In the Year 2000"), in which a number of French artists, including Jean-Marc Côté, imagined life at the beginning of the 21st century. They were printed between 1899 and 1910.
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An image from the series "En L'An 2000" ( or "In the Year 2000"), in which a number of French artists, including Jean-Marc Côté, imagined life at the beginning of the 21st century. They were printed between 1899 and 1910.
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Fritz Lang's groundbreaking 1927 film "Metropolis" established a visual language later seen in films like "Blade Runner," "Star Wars," and "Logan's Run."
"Metropolis" (1927) —
Fritz Lang's groundbreaking 1927 film "Metropolis" established a visual language later seen in films like "Blade Runner," "Star Wars," and "Logan's Run."
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Fritz Lang's production designers -- Erich Kettelhut, Otto Hunte and Kurt Vollbrecht -- shaped the fictional city of "Metropolis" by re-imagining contemporary Manhattan.
"Metropolis" (1927) —
Fritz Lang's production designers -- Erich Kettelhut, Otto Hunte and Kurt Vollbrecht -- shaped the fictional city of "Metropolis" by re-imagining contemporary Manhattan.
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The film's producer's spliced their city with buildings inspired by architects like Erich Mendelsohn, Le Corbusier and Italian Futurist Antonio Sant'Elia, whose "Città Nuova" presented the city of the future as a multi-level megastructure.
"Metropolis" (1927) —
The film's producer's spliced their city with buildings inspired by architects like Erich Mendelsohn, Le Corbusier and Italian Futurist Antonio Sant'Elia, whose "Città Nuova" presented the city of the future as a multi-level megastructure.
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