(I-Robot/2004)
(Renaissance 2054/2006)
(The Fifth Element/1997)
(Blade Runner/1982)
(Metropolis/2001)
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All the films analyzed speculate an urban future along the same line. The movies portray a different point in the urbanization of the planet. I-Robot portrays a Chicago of the near future which is similar to the city that currently exists. This is the most utopic vision of the future, affording a luxury that is still possible in contemporary society. In Renaissance 2054, the marks of densification are present. A struggle is exists between the necessity to provide shelter and efficient transportation lines and an ambition to maintain urban artifacts. The same is true of the New York shown in The Fifth Element, it’s an urban form that literally builds on its past. This strategy is stated to be a lost cause in the film as the oldest artifacts at the bottom of the hierarchy are uninhabitable spaces consumed by the cities rubbish. Both versions of Metropolis show that new strategies of city planning and conceptions of urban space will have to be adopted. Space will be to valuable not to build below the ground. Massive areas will have to be dedicated to the provision of the urban necessities of shelter, energy supply and waste management. Blade Runner and Metropolis (2001) represent the most distant urban future. Both films present realms of existence that are constructed entirely from industrial fabricated materials. It is these speculations that are the most uncanny because they are so different from the organic world that is known yet they seem to be the destined outcome of the singular path of development presented. |
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