1956 · sci-fi
Forbidden Planet
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox1h 38m1956
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Our read: Forbidden Planet (1956) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- inventive
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