2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
The first season of Jonathan Nolan's biggest-budget sci-fi series of the last decade reveals the differences between the modern project and Michael Crichton's 1973 film Westworld, which influenced not only its conditional remake of the same name, but also to many horror films.
The difference in plots
Modern and old projects differ not only in format and timing. Jonathan Nolan completely rethought the source material, reworking it fundamentally. In the original Westworld, the actors portrayed robots out of control as mostly negative characters, and humans as positive ones. Nolan intentionally turned everything upside down in a radical way. In his series, representatives of human civilization, destroying androids for the sake of their desires, behave like real villains. Cyborgs in the modern interpretation are positioned as oppressed victims, who one day run out of patience and wake up pride. Incidentally, in the seriesrobots are almost indistinguishable from tourists, making them much easier to empathize with.
Main moral
In Westworld (1973), the actors made every effort to emphasize the moral message of the picture, which says that impunity and hedonism inevitably lead to barbarism, and the cause of the failure is not explained by anything - it happened and that's it. The series focuses more on surviving robots, so new characters appear in the narrative that were not in the original film at all. This distinction means that Crichton's tape is safe to watch, as the rustic picture won't spoil Nolan's philosophical drama project.
The fruit of the novelist's labors
"Westworld" (first plan actors: Y. Brynner and R. Benjamin) is the author's brainchild of Michael Crichton, who acted as a screenwriter and director. The plot of the amusement park, with rebellious inhabitants cracking down on visitors, is somewhat reminiscent of Jurassic Park. This is not surprising, since the novel that inspired Spielberg's iconic painting came from Crichton's pen.
Initially, the source of inspiration that inspired the writing of the novel was the writer's visit to the Space Center. The writer was amazed at the training of the astronauts. And the idea for the film came to Crichton while riding the Pirates of the Caribbean Disneyland attraction, the novelist's attention was attractedautomated filibusters.
The cast of Westworld (1973) were proud to be part of the project, as it pioneered the use of computer graphics. Of course, from the point of view of the current filmmaking, the work of M. Crichton has a lot of stylistic and plot flaws, but the special effects for the 70s look revolutionary. For the first time in the history of the film industry, the director showed the world through the eyes of an android, which immediately became the most popular film reception after the premiere of the film.
Role Model
The film "Westworld" whose actors and roles became prototypes for Nolan's characters and performers has become a source of inspiration for many visionaries of our time. The main character, a notorious villain in the 1973 film, was played by an emigrant from Russia, Yul Brynner. The actor was born in Vladivostok. His real name is Briner Julius Borisovich. The popularity of the performer was brought by the project "Magnificent Seven". And the image of the robot shooter in the film adaptation of Crichton secured his success. From his character Yul decided to make a parody of the hero of the "Magnificent Seven", so he starred in "The World" in the same costume. Nevertheless, the Strelok inspired many outstanding visionaries: John Carpenter copied his maniac from Michael Myers' Halloween from him, James Cameron recommended that Arnold Schwarzenegger pay attention to this character while preparing for the filming of The Terminator. By the way, at a certain stage, Schwarzenegger intended to produce the series and play in it the role of the Strelka, previously embodied by Yul Brynner.
2016 series
Producers of the modern TV show decided not to save on either effects or performers. In the new movie Westworld, actors Ed Harris, James Marsden, Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Wood, Luke Hemsworth, Rodrigo Santoro, Ingrid Bolso Berdal and Ben Barnes appear in every episode of the first season. The casting of the series would do credit to many blockbusters, and this is by no means an exaggeration.
Although the preparatory process did not pass without vicissitudes. Miranda Otto, having taken part in the filming of the pilot of the series, terminated the contract for the sake of the 5th season of Motherland. Therefore, Teresa Cullen was subsequently embodied on the screen by Sidse Babette Knudsen.
During the casting of the TV show "Westworld", actors E. R. Wood and E. Hopkins were the first to sign a contract with the creators of the project and were immediately approved for the roles of Abernathy and Dr. Ford.
In the original film, Richard Attenborough portrayed the owner of the park; Anthony Hopkins plays this role in Nolan's. An interesting fact - this performer starred in Attenborough's directorial projects five times, in the films "Young Winston", "A Bridge Too Far", "Magic", "Chaplin" and "Shadowland".
Ben Barnes, approved for the role of a depraved frequenter of the park, managed to break his leg the day before the start of filming. The actor deliberately kept silent about the incident, as he was afraid of losing the opportunity to star in Nolan. As a result, his limping became Logan's hallmark.
Bot Thoughts
According to the performers who embodiedimages of robots, it was very difficult for them to work. According to Rachel Wood, who played Dolores Abernathy, all the actors of "Westworld" constantly asked a lot of questions, trying to portray androids in the most organic way. They even classified their doubts as “bot thoughts.” During the filming process, controversial points constantly arose, which later formed the image of the characters.
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