Examples Of Dystopian Movies

The science fiction movies Planet of the apes 1968 by J. Schaffner and the newer version by Tim Burton are examples of dystopian fiction. Both movies explains the idea of doomsday that there are facts and ideologies that we use in the present that can lead to the destruction of mankind. The reason of the dark theme is that fiction is related to horror,both of them reject any type of change (Helfield 4). Therefore in both of the movies apes took the role of humans and became the masters and both movies had medieval settings and dim lightning as a part of the mise en scene (Helfield 5 ).The cautionary tale in the movies made humans rethink the way they treat each other and other creatures that share the same planet. Ideologies that can destroy the society are racism, superiority and discrimination.
In addition to the other movie in 2001 the captain was also a white male and the African was one of the prisoners, which make the audience question the protagonist race and point out discrimination.The apes in the first movie were all of the same color except the knowledgeable superior ones,which portrays a racist image of the elite of the society. On the other side in the 2001 movie, when the African human prisoner got out of the cage, he attacked the cage guard, which was white. This explains the envy of white men to other races, especially African for stealing their women and having more power.(Helfield 7). However another racist fact was discussed is the superiority of homo sapiens over animals, even though evolutionary biology proved that humans are animals. Besides that humans still put animals at the bottom of the hierarchical system to look more intelligent.