2023-05-03 16:39:28
The Flash Gordon character came to light nearly 90 years ago, on January 7, 1934, through a cartoon created by the cartoonist Alex Raymond and originally published as the Sunday page of the New York American Journal to compete with the popular adventures of Buck Rogers. His success was such that he became an iconic character, with film and television adaptations.
Framed in the science fiction subgenre known as space opera, it is set in a universe in which a strange planet approaches Earth, threatening to destroy it, and the scientist Hans Zarkov tries to prevent the tragedy. In this space epic, Flash Gordon is a famous polo player who is traveling aboard a plane, along with reporter Dale Arden, when they crash due to a collision with a meteorite. By parachuting, they will fall near Zarkov’s laboratory, who will stop them by mistaking them for spies. This was the origin of numerous cartoons and versions in various formats, which have greatly influenced other science fiction and superhero comics.
After several film serials, several directors became interested in making a Flash Gordon feature film, including Federico Fellini o George Lucas. Finally, Dino de Laurentiisowner of the rights to the adaptation, hired Mike Hodges to direct the film, after some initial attempts with Nicolas Roeg y Sergio Leone.
Sam J. Jones will receive the Isla Calavera Legend of Fantastic Award
The result, the 1980 classic starring the American actor Sam J. Jones in the role of Flash Gordon, who will visit Tenerife next November for the Fantastic Film Festival of the Canary Islands City of La Laguna Isla Calavera. The mythical international star will receive the Legend of the Fantastic Award and will participate in a meeting with her fans as part of a special event at Multicines Tenerife. The ambitious production, which also featured Max Von Sydow, Ornella Muti y Timothy Dalton in leading roles, she is remembered for the energetic original music of Queen and was nominated for three BAFTAs in the categories of score, art design and costumes.
This big announcement about the seventh edition of the Isla Calavera Festival, which will take place between November 10 and 19, was made at the first special event of the year, dedicated to Alien, the eighth passenger (1979). The audience that filled the Multicines Tenerife room enjoyed the horror and science fiction classic and a film forum led by the journalist Miguel Angel Rodriguez Villar with the participation of film critic and historian Jesus Palaciosthe fantastic literature writer Victor Condey Daniel Alonsopresident of the Royal Canarian Academy of Sciencescollaborating entity of the cycle of Film Classroom of the University of La Laguna dedicated in the month of April to Artificial Intelligence and which had an unforgettable closure with this screening.
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