future schlock
Wired magazine, which I've been saying here has suddenly gotten good again, has a forgettable Spielberg cover-story this month (Minority Report is out June 21). A sidebar element has a list of the Wired Sci-Fi Top 20 Movies, made in conjunction with FuturistMovies.com. They are:
- Blade Runner
- Gattaca
- The Matrix
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Brazil
- A Clockwork Orange
- Alien
- The Boys From Brazil
- Jurassic Park
- Star Wars
- The Road Warrior
- Tron
- The Terminator
- Sleeper
- Soylent Green
- Robocop
- Planet of the Apes
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Akira
- Barbarella
I'm pleased Gattaca is so high, and that Barbarella made it.
By contrast, the new issue of Facets is also out. If I can recommend anything to wannabe cineastes, it's Facets, which is basically an in-house film catalogue-cum-magazine out of Chicago (more info, but not the actual magazine, here). The new issue has its own list, the Top 25 Essential Horror/Sci-Fi Films on DVD. They are:
- Dracula
- Frankenstein
- Psycho
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Blade Runner
- Night of the Living Dead
- A Clockwork Orange
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Shining
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- The Exorcist
- The Birds
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Alien
- Planet of the Apes
- The Vanishing
- Fantastic Planet
- Darkman
- Dark City
- The Mummy
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- Forbidden Planet
- When Worlds Collide
- The Blob
Sure, they're at a disadvantage with the "DVD" delimiter, but, c'mon, Darkman and Dark City?
And just cuz I can, I'd like to give a shout-out to a forgotten classic, Fantastic Planet.
In other futuristic news, the FCC, which has to test all communication devices before they hit the market, accidentally leaked photos and information about the new Handspring Treo 270. See it here.
