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An Inevitable Dystopia, A Fictional Utopia

Tils Collett
@tilsmakes_sillythings

During the process of creating and formatting my dissertation, the visual materials gathered provided inspiration for a collection of themes relevent to the dystopian and utopoian films that were at the centerpoint of my writing,

As you move through the collage, the themes shift from dystopian to utopian, visually apparent through the use of a gradient from dark to light. Each collage segment is accompanied by texual analysis that expands and explains each theme and contextualises it with relevant films.

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Films List

Anderson, (Director) (1976) Logan’s Run. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Besson, (Director) (1997) The Fifth Element. Gaumont / Columbia Pictures.

Bird, (Director) (2015) Tomorrowland. USA: Walt Disney Pictures.

Bowers, (Director) (2009) Astro Boy. Imagi Animation Studios / Summit Entertainment.

Burger, (Director) (2014) Divergent. Summit Entertainment / Lionsgate.

Cameron, (2010) Avatar: Extended Collector’s Edition. Extended

Collector’s Cut. 20th Century Fox / Lightstorm Entertainment.

Carpenter, (1988) They Live. USA: Universal Pictures.

Elliott, (1968) The Year of the Sex Olympics. [TV play] BBC

Television, 22 June 1968.

Filoni and Kennedy, (Producers) (2022) Andor. Season 1. Lucasfilm / Disney+.

Garland, (Director) (2015) Ex Machina. DNA Films / Film4 Productions / Universal Pictures.

Gilliam, (Director) (1985) Brazil. 20th Century Fox / Embassy Pictures.

Imaishi, (Director) (2022) Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Series 1). Anime series. Japan/Poland: Studio Trigger

ITV, (2015– ) Love Island. [Television series] UK: ITV2.

Jonze (Director) (2013) Her. USA: Warner Bros. Pictures.

Kubrick, (Director) (1971) A Clockwork Orange. Warner Bros. / Hawk Films.

Lang, (Director) (1927) Metropolis. UFA.

Miller, (Producer) (2017– ) The Handmaid’s Tale. MGM Television / Hulu.

Miyazaki, H. (1997) Princess Mononoke. [Film] Japan: Studio Ghibli.

Niccol, (Director) (1997) Gattaca. Columbia Pictures / TriStar Pictures.

Nolan, (Director) (2014) Interstellar. Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures.

Proyas, (Director) (2004) I, Robot. 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment.

Ross, (2012) The Hunger Games. USA: Lionsgate.

Scott, (Director) (1982) Blade Runner. Warner Bros. / The Ladd Company.

Shakman, (Director) (2025) The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Marvel

Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Spielberg, (Director) (2018) Ready Player One. Warner Bros. Pictures.

Villeneuve, (Director) (2017) Blade Runner 2049. Alcon Entertainment / Scott Free Productions.

Wachowski and Wachowski, (Directors) (1999) The Matrix. Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures.

Wells, (1936) Things to Come. [Film] Directed by William Cameron Menzies. United Kingdom: London Film Productions.

Weir, (Director) (1998) The Truman Show. Paramount Pictures /

Scott Rudin Productions.

Wheatley, (Director) (2015) High Rise. Recorded Picture Company / Film4 Productions / HanWay Films.

Wilde, (Director) (2022) Don’t Worry Darling. New Line Cinema /

Vertigo Entertainment / Warner Bros. Pictures.

Stanton, (Director) (2008) WALL·E. Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures.

Zemeckis, (Director) (1989) Back to the Future Part II. Universal

Pictures / Amblin Entertainment.

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