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Culture Crash: Our Favorite Sci-Fi Film Picks

From “Interstellar” to “Solaris”, we love a good sci-fi movie that transports us to a new dimension and time. We highlight some of our favorites and why the genre continues to be popular.

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Published: July 24, 2022 by VPR Producer

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment…

I’ve always been drawn to science fiction filmmaking. In part that’s because it allows the audience an avenue to explore those same questions humans have asked for generations. Movies like Interstellar and Contact help us question the nature of the universe and family and heck, even ourselves. A film like Arrival can explore such much about humanity and our behavior by looking at people through the prism of an alien race.

Sometimes these stories can be scary or funny or adventurous but at the end of the day, they’re just tales we tell each other around a fire, asking questions and proposing answers. Classics in the genre, like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris can often be seen as difficult or confusing. They run long, sometimes they have subtitles or outdated visual effects. But they can actually be quite simple and incredibly rewarding watching if audiences go in understanding that they may leave with more questions than answers.

Check out our segment on Amazon’s sci-fi anthology titled The Forward.

Gattaca (1997) – Trailer

Gattaca is another sci-fi movie that gives audiences something or a moral quandary to consider – as technology advances and human beings become more and more in control of everything around us, some big questions await us. And sometimes, like in the case of the movie Annihilation, sci-fi can just be one big expedition, with new terrors and delights around every corner.

Sci-fi is a genre that aspires to prompt thought and discussion, and for that reason, there’s always an audience for it.

I’m Evan Rook.

Program #: 22-16, 22-30segment type: Culture CrashTopics - Commentary and Criticism| Culture and the Arts| Future| Movies| Pop Culture| Science and Technology| TechnologyMovies, TV & Digital Media - 2001: A Space Odyssey| Arrival| Contact| Gattaca| Interstellar| SolarisGenres - Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)tagged with - Evan Rook| Jason Dickey
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