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The Glass Fortress (film)

 Copied from => "Talk:The Glass Fortress (film)": -- Worthy Article to KEEP -- "The Glass Fortress (film)" article        seems worthy to KEEP since the film is related to "We (novel)" (a classic russian novel), "We (1982 film)" (a classic german film), "La Jetée" (a classic french photomontage film) and to "12 Monkeys" (a very popular classic american film by "Terry Gilliam") - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:11, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

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The Glass Fortress {French: La forteresse de verre) is a 2016 French science fiction short film directed by Alain Bourret. The film presents a world of harmony and conformity within a united scientific-progressivist state.        The film is based on the 1921 novel We by the Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, who was partly influenced by Jerome K. Jerome 1891 essay The New Utopia, as well as by the writings of H.G. Wells, a popular apostle of a scientific socialist utopia at the time. The film The Glass Fortress is related to We (a classic 1982 German film), La Jetée (a classic 1962 French photomontage film), 12 Monkeys (a very popular classic 1995 American film by director Terry Gilliam) and to THX 1138 (a 1971 American film by director George Lucas).

Plot
One thousand years after the One State's conquest of the entire world, the spaceship Integral is being built in order to invade and conquer extraterrestrial planets. Meanwhile, the project's chief engineer, D-503, begins a journal that he intends to be carried upon the completed spaceship.

Cast

 * Alain Bourret (as Alan B) as Narrator
 * Pierre-Antoine Piter as D-503/Daniel
 * Amélie De Swarte as I-330/Iris
 * Julien Prost as The Well-Doer
 * Alexandre Bourret as The Spokesman
 * Axel Bourret as The Assistant Engineer
 * Axel Bourret as The Doctor
 * Fanny Storck as The Nurse

Reception
The Glass Fortress is an experimental film that employs a technique known as freeze frame, and is shot in black-and-white, which help support the grim atmosphere of the story's dystopian society. The film is technically similar to La Jetée (1962), directed by Chris Marker, and refers somewhat to THX 1138 (1971), by George Lucas, in the "religious appearance of the Well Doer". According to film critic Isabelle Arnaud, The Glass Fortress has a special atmosphere underlining a story of thwarted love that will be long remembered.

Referring to the film project, reviewer Anass Khayati noted that The Glass Fortress is a "very welcome addition to the Zamyatinian literature as it draws more attention to a work that is appreciated less than it deserves ... [the film director] recaptures D-503’s frustrated dream and his incomplete journey to emancipation in a loyal and original rendering. Such gesture should be understood not only as referring to a fictional work that was written in the twenties of the past century: it is in fact a celebration of a novel that sensitises us on issues that are topical to a glocalised, increasingly globalised, NSA-ed world."

According to Alain Bourret, director of the film, "From the beginning, I wanted to put my work more in an academic setting than in the world of cinema. In form, the work was of the traditional type, with only two concessions to the digital one: the shooting and the video editing. Beforehand, I approached and contacted many universities, so that my adaptation is now enrolled in the curriculum of Czech, English and American universities." Bourret continues, "What increases the uniqueness of The Glass Fortress is that the actors did not know my adaptation at all, let alone the script. On screen, they all had an expression of lost beings, they roam like ghosts. This is the message I wanted to convey, that of a lost being, D-503, in a newly acquired freedom and the progressive awakening of his conscience."

Background
We, the 1921 Russian novel on which the film The Glass Fortress is based, directly inspired:
 * Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
 * Ayn Rand Anthem (1938)
 * George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
 * Kurt Vonnegut Player Piano (1952)
 * Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed (1974)

Worthy Article to KEEP
"The Glass Fortress (film)" article        seems worthy to KEEP since the film is related to "We (novel)" (a classic russian novel), "We (1982 film)" (a classic german film), "La Jetée" (a classic french photomontage film) and to "12 Monkeys" (a very popular classic american film by "Terry Gilliam") - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:11, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Add following material to article - or not?
QUESTION: Should the following material be added to the The Glass Fortress article - or not?



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The Glass Fortress {French: La forteresse de verre) is a 2016 French science fiction short film directed by Alain Bourret. The film presents a world of harmony and conformity within a united scientific-progressivist state.        The film is based on the 1921 novel We by the Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, who was partly influenced by Jerome K. Jerome 1891 essay The New Utopia, as well as by the writings of H.G. Wells, a popular apostle of a scientific socialist utopia at the time. The film The Glass Fortress is related to We (a classic 1982 German film), La Jetée (a classic 1962 French photomontage film), 12 Monkeys (a very popular classic 1995 American film by director Terry Gilliam) and to THX 1138 (a 1971 American film by director George Lucas).

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We, the 1921 Russian novel on which the film The Glass Fortress is based, directly inspired:
 * Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
 * Ayn Rand Anthem (1938)
 * George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
 * Kurt Vonnegut Player Piano (1952)
 * Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed (1974)

Comments from Editors Welcome - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:15, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Mentioning other films that are from the same sourced material is not needed. See every film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. BOVINEBOY 2008 18:20, 14 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your interest - and comments - they're appreciated - my concern is one of context re The Glass Fortress film - background and related, including other film adaptations from the same sourced material, may be helpful with this particular film - after all - the sourced material (and related film adaptatons) for this film may be much less well known than for Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet - knowing more of the background (and related film adaptations) of this particular film may better benefit readers as a result - hope this helps in some way - in any regards - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 19:51, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Understandable, but that is information that is better suited for the article on the novel, not this article. The fact that there are other films has nothing to do with this film, despite how well known the source material is. BOVINEBOY 2008 20:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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