I fear this may be a really stupid question with an obvious answer, but can anyone offer any explanation as to why science fiction films are so often given a retro 1950s styling? The Truman Show, Gattaca, Dark City, off the top of my head. I think I'm correct in saying that sci-fi, as we know it today - and especially in literature - took off in the 1950s, so maybe it's just a case of directors doffing their caps to the decade that brought the genre to the public's imagination. Any other ideas?
Here's one idea: The Truman Show is a 1998 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. Gattaca is a 1997 American science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol
Errm, yeah, that might have something to do with it I wasn't aware of that detail, but while I can't think of any right now, I'm sure there are other examples.
Most certainly. I was thinking originally they may have been adapted from books written in a similar era. Was only when I checked it turned out to be the same author.
Just to add to that, Dark City is film noir/sci-fi, so being set in the 1950s is entirely appropriate. And I really can't think of any other sci-fi films that use the vintage style, so I'm not really seeing a pattern here.
