2001: A Space Odyssey
Science fiction pushes the boundaries, explores the improbable, and envisions the future of humanity. It also exposes us to extravagant visual effects and the inventive power of cinema, reflecting our deepest fantasies. In cinema, science fiction is immersive, creating worlds suddenly within our reach. This summer, over one hundred films from the history of cinema will allow us to witness this!
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects in 1969
David Bowman and Frank Poole are two astronauts on their way to Jupiter aboard the spacecraft Discovery. The ship is controlled by HAL 9000, a computer with intelligence and the ability to speak. The journey promises to be a complex one, and even HAL begins to have doubts.
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, photographer, screenwriter and producer. After starting out as a photographer, Kubrick, a self-taught filmmaker, also became his own cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and editor. His thirteen feature films in a forty-six-year career established him as one of the major filmmakers of the 20th century. Four of his films are ranked in the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Dr. Strangelove (1964), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Spartacus (1960).
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Ces robots qui nous côtoient
Le cinéma a grandement contribué à forger notre imaginaire des robots. Androïdes d’apparence humaine et créatures mécaniques aux formes plus rustiques n’ont pas été employés de la même façon, ni dans leur questionnement de la moralité humaine, ni pour les sentiments qu’ils éveillent auprès du public. À l’heure où l’intelligence artificielle est bien réelle, retour sur quelques classiques robots de cinéma.