Forbidden Planet

Japanese: 《禁断の惑星》 - きんだんのわくせい
Forbidden Planet

...There are countless other works that are neither supernatural nor nonsensical, such as Roger Corman's (1926- ) "The Atom Beast" (1956), in which a gangster and a stripper are attacked by a three-eyed cannibalistic mutant among the few survivors of a nuclear explosion that destroys civilization (this setting is also common in low-budget science fiction and is still made today). These rarities came to be called "Z" movies or "Z" trash. In the midst of this rush of science fiction ranging from the best to the worst, MGM, a prestigious Hollywood company, tried its hand at science fiction for the first time, producing "Forbidden Planet" (1956), a major work by F. M. Wilcox (1905-64) that was a space adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." The idea that the doctor's subconscious, not wanting his daughter to be taken away by the young explorer, transforms into an invisible monster and attacks the spaceship was a brilliant science fiction idea for the time, but since the film wouldn't work if it remained invisible, the scene where the monster is caught in an electromagnetic barrier and hit by a barrage of laser gun fire, and a carnivorous beast-like figure emerges surrounded by red sparks (created by animators I.G. Rees and J. Meadow, who were seconded from Disney Productions), is very impressive.

*Some of the terminology references "Forbidden Planet" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ほかにも,怪奇ともナンセンスともつかぬ作品は無数にあり,核爆発によって文明が滅びた後に生き残った数人(この設定も低予算SFに多く,いまだに作られている)の中に,ギャングが1人,ストリッパーが1人いて,彼らが三つ目の食人ミュータントに襲われるという,ロジャー・コーマン(1926‐ )監督の《原子怪獣と裸女》(1956)のような珍品も現れ,“Z”movie,“Z”trash(B級ならぬ〈Z級映画〉,これ以下はないという〈最低のがらくた〉)と呼ばれるに至った。こうしたピンからキリまでのSFラッシュの中で,ハリウッドの名門というべきMGMが,初めてSFに手を染め,シェークスピアの《テンペスト》を宇宙物に翻案した大作,F.M.ウィルコックス(1905‐64)監督の《禁断の惑星》(1956)を製作。若い探検隊員に愛娘を奪われたくない博士の潜在意識が,姿なき怪物と化して宇宙船を襲うというのは,当時としては優れてSF的な発想で,ただ見えぬままでは映画にならないため,電磁バリアーにかかってレーザー銃の一斉射撃を受けるくだりで,その赤い火花に縁取られて肉食獣のごとき姿が浮かび上がる光景(ディズニー・プロから出向したアニメーター,I.G.リースとJ.メドーが担当)は大迫力である。…

※「《禁断の惑星》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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