Colossus (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Colossus |
| Original title | Colossus: The Forbin Project |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joseph Sargent |
| script |
James Bridges , novel: DF Jones |
| production | Stanley Chase |
| music | Michel Colombier |
| camera | Gene Polito |
| cut | Folmar Blangsted |
| occupation | |
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Colossus is a science fiction film from 1970 based on the 1966 story of the same name by Dennis Feltham Jones . It is now considered a classic, although it was unsuccessful at the box office at the time of its premiere. The premiere in the Federal Republic was on July 10, 1970. The cinema launch in the USA was on April 8, 1970.
action
The American computer scientist Dr. On behalf of his government, Charles A. Forbin has a gigantic electronic brain built in a mountain called Colossus. It is used to defend the United States and has the ability to fire nuclear missiles. Forbin is the head of this project. Shortly after activation, Colossus realizes that there is another system on earth. It is Guardian, a defense computer developed independently of Colossus by the USSR . Colossus and Guardian begin a communication, initially with simple signals and later they no longer communicate in a way that humans can no longer understand, since both computers use mathematics that are too sophisticated for humans. The US president and the Soviet head of state are alarmed and want to cut off the communication link. Colossus calls on the people to reconnect, when there is no response, he fires a missile towards the Soviet Union. Then people submit to his will. Colossus announced that he had merged with the Soviet computer to form a unit and that voice software should be set up for him. People try to defend themselves against the computer and overload it with amounts of data. Colossus, who has a visual function, survives this attack and identifies the scientists who are responsible for it. He orders them to be shot and then burned within sight. Forbin himself, who is only allowed to live within sight and hearing distance of cameras and microphones and for whom the computer already completely determines his daily routine, is left alive. Another attempt by the people to outsmart Colossus also fails. Under the pretext of maintenance, the nuclear missiles are to be defused piece by piece. Colossus notices this and detonates nuclear missiles in California and Ukraine in their silos to punish the people.
In the end, Colossus addresses humanity and says that he will enforce the mandate to secure peace. Either his orders will be followed or humanity will be wiped out. In the future one will not only accept domination inwardly, but will even love Colossus. Forbin then says "never".
Awards
- The film was nominated for the Hugo Award in 1971 .
- Stanley Chase received the Golden Scroll of Merit from the US Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1979 .
backgrounds
Colossus was the name of a computer set up in England in 1943 to decipher German secret messages. The artificial intelligence in the form of a seeing and speaking computer, which inhumanly carries out its task, was already discussed in 1968 by Stanley Kubrick in his classic 2001: A Space Odyssey . Jones wrote two more serial novels: The Fall of Colossus (1974) and Colossus and the Crab (1977), but there were no cinematic sequels.
Reviews
"The interesting vision contained in the science fiction film, shot in 1969 (!), Falls victim to sterile direction and presentation: there is hardly any tension."
“A somewhat dry filmed, entertaining science fiction flick from the USA. For lovers from 14 years. "
"The film is not" Dr. Strange ", but full of surprising moments of humor and intelligence. A perfect film if you want to be surprised "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colossus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Canby, Vincent . The New York Times, film review, "A War-Waging Computer Is Hero-Villain of 'Forbin'," May 5, 1970. Last accessed: March 22, 2008.
Web links
- Colossus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Meeting in Eccentric Cinema with several photos ( Memento from November 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Meeting at The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (English)
- Criticism of the German DVD by Stefan Höltgen against the background of the Cold War discourse at F.LM - texts on the film