1968 · sci-fi · drama
Planet of the Apes
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner1h 52m1968
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Our read: Planet of the Apes (1968) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · drama entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- bleak
- cold
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