SPOILERS
| Added | Sat, 09/09/2017 |
| Release date | 18-09-1951
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| Original title | The Day the Earth Stood Still
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American film of 1951, loosely based on a short story by Harry Bates "farewell to the master". This is the first film that shows the aliens are "Nordic type".
The plot of the movie is quite philosophical. He is trying to convey the idea that earthlings need to stop fighting each other and go from the path of destruction to the path of creation. After the release of this film similar ideas often began to try to communicate in this way - from more advanced cosmic civilization.
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The story takes place in America during the height of the cold war. In one of the squares in downtown Washington landing alien spacecraft. The landing site quickly locks forces. From the ship comes a man in a light space suit with a covered face. When he raises his hand with an unknown object, one of the soldiers can not stand the nerves, and he shoots. An alien, who would later appear as Klaatu, wounded. Out of a spacecraft out of a giant humanoid robot Gort, who is using the beam weapon destroys the surrounding landing site, military equipment, without, however, harming the people. The wounded alien orders the robot to cease fire and explains approached him military that frightened their subject matter - a symbolic gift to people, device to demonstrate the types of life in space.
In the hospital, where he was placed for treatment of his injuries, Klaatu meets with the President of USA Mr. Harley and tells him about his mission: he needs to speak to all the Nations of the Earth. Harley says it in a "cold war" will be quite difficult to do, however, Klaatu insists. The next day, Harley brings Klaatu Newspapers with the reaction of the governments of the largest States in his proposal: they put forward the categorical and mutually exclusive requirements. Klaatu, who has recovered, which requires that he be given freedom of action to accomplish his mission, instead, however, Harley ordered izlazi alien.
Despite this, the Klaatu disappears from the hospital and tries to explore the human civilization "from the inside" - in the guise of an ordinary man, "Mr. carpenter", he settles a tenant in an ordinary American family. He is easily able to make friends with boy of 12. They go to the movies, communicate. Klaatu fails to meet one of the leading scientist, Professor Barnhardt, and to convince him of their abilities, allowing the problem of three bodies. Klaatu informs the scientist that the Alliance of civilizations is concerned about the threat posed by the humans to build nuclear weapons and are actively seeking to go into space. He makes it clear to Barnhardt that the Alliance of civilizations to consider the danger serious enough to take, if necessary the most stringent measures and even to destroy the Earth. However, the main calculation is still on the common sense of humans, which above all should understand the seriousness of the arms race. The scientist agrees to help Klaatu in his mission, but offers him more convincing to conduct a "show of force" - to turn off the electricity wherever this will not lead to accidents and will not cause people harm.
Klaatu tries to prevent the government. At the chase he is killed, but later the robot returns to life.
After that, Klaatu emerges from the ship to scientists gathered around him and made a speech, speaking through them to all Mankind. He said that only humans can solve problems that faced by their civilization. But the expansion of human aggression into space will be immediately suppressed — that for such cases created indestructible and immensely powerful robots, one of which is Gort. The earth must become peaceful or be destroyed. The choice remains with the humans.
Then Klaatu and Gort are back in the ship and fly away.
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Phenomena in artwork: UFO
UFO in the film looks like a classic "flying saucer". Much attention space ship is not given, because the plot of the movie is only the delivery method of the main character to the main place of action.
While flying UFO looks like a glowing oval, in which it is impossible to see any details. At the moment of landing, he takes shape and becomes similar to the classic "saucer".
The film focuses on the fact that the material from which made the ship of the alien, has no parallel on earth. People cannot not only damage with the help of modern time devices, but also to detect cracks of the hatch, through which the alien came to Earth.
The inner space of the vehicle corresponds to the beliefs of people of that time about the technology management techniques that apply a highly developed civilization: glass arm, large monitors, interfaces, input, voice and gestures.
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Phenomena in artwork: The Alien
The alien shown in the film, is a classic example of "alien Nordic type".
The alien looks like a normal person, speaks and writes English (learned language radio broadcasts from Earth). To portray in a similar way the aliens in that time has become a tradition largely because computer graphics was still underdeveloped, and show the emotions the actor was simpler without makeup, which, moreover, impede the process of filming.
In the 1950s, the years received a lot of messages about this type of aliens, but later this information was supplied much less frequently, as "gray" was replaced by "Nords" in the messages of the contactees.
From humans the alien is distinguished by a high level of cultural and spiritual development. In the movie the aliens are shown to a friendly race that is trying to warn earthlings about the danger of nuclear energy.
In the film, the aliens live on average 2-3 times longer than humans because of the very advanced medicine, which allows not only extremely fast to heal wounds, but also to raise the dead.
Also the alien can be considered a robot, who arrived together with the main character. The robot is humanoid, very tall, made of the same material as the space ship. Klaatu controls the robot using voice commands, but he can act autonomously. The robot is armed: he shoots lasers from his eyes and is able to destroy the weapons (from pistols to tanks), not causing harm to people. However, if necessary, the robot effectively can vaporise people.
People react to the appearance of the stranger in different ways. Soldiers feel it as a threat. Ordinary people showing rather curiosity. The news escaped from the hospital Klaatu was referred to as "monster", obviously trying thus to force people to give it to the authorities.
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