Rocky Horror Picture Show referências de ficção científica

O fato é que o filme não apenas prestou homenagem às imagens de ficção científica ou terror da época, mas também a muitos eventos da história e à cultura pop.

• Shortly after Rocky is born, Magenta says to Dr. Frank 'n' Furter that Rocky is a "triumph of your will." This is a subtle joke playing on the Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will (1935). Presumably, Magenta says this because Rocky comes out with light blonde hair and is quite muscular, in many ways fulfilling the Nazis' Aryan "super man" stereotype.

• The green surgical gown that Dr. Frank 'n' Furter wears has a pink triangle over his heart. The triangle was used by the Nazis in concentration camps to denote that the wearer was a gay man, but it is pointing downward. The pink triangle pointing upward is often used as a symbol of gay pride.

• Oakley Court, Dr. Frank N. Furter's "castle", was used in numerous Hammer horror films made at adjacent Bray Studios (where the lab and ballroom scenes were shot), including The House in Nightmare Park (1973), The Reptile (1966), The Brides of Dracula (1960) and The Man in Black (1949).

• The song "I Can Make You A Man" was inspired by Charles Atlas muscle ads from the 1940's and 1950's often with the slogan: "In just seven days, I can make you a man". Similarly, writer Richard O'Brien took the line: "Don't dream it, be it" from the back of a magazine.

• The opening number, "Science Fiction Double Feature", contains references to many classic science fiction films. In the script, the credits were to be shown between clips of the films. Production designer Brian Thomson disliked the idea, and suggested using a pair of disembodied lips to mouth the words, inspired by the Man Ray painting "A l'heure de l'observatoire, les Amoureux" (Observatory Time, the Lovers).

• The films referenced in the opening number, "Science Fiction, Double Feature," are: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Flash Gordon (multi-film franchise), The Invisible Man (1933), King Kong (1933), It Came from Outer Space (1953), Doctor X (1932), Forbidden Planet (1956), Tarantula (1955), The Day of the Triffids (1963), Curse of the Demon (1957), and When Worlds Collide (1951).

• Just before Rocky's birthday feast, the Criminologist speaks for a while. His book is opened to display Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper".

• The movie is full of symbols of classic movie companies: The shield the griffin holds represents Warner Brothers; the eagle in the hall represents Republic; the lightning bolt on the flag represents the old RKO symbol, (the radio tower at the end is also RKO); the character 'Columbia' represents not only the movie company of the same name, but the symbol herself, complete with short hair; the large 'Atlas' illuminated painting in the grand bed-chamber is the symbol of Anglo-Amalgamated Productions; the large snarling cat in the hall is an MGM lion reference; the lighted globe at the end is the symbol of Universal Pictures; and the gong represents the Rank Film Corporation, whose films opened with a huge gong being struck; Columbia wears Mickey Mouse ears in the scenes in the bedroom with her & Magenta: a Disney reference.

• When we see the castle at the start, the camera zooms in onto a crystal dome on top of the castle. This would appear to be the same dome used in Richard O'Brien's series The Crystal Maze (1990).

• Some of the costumes from the film had been originally used in the stage production. Props and set pieces were reused from old Hammer horror productions and others. The tank and dummy used for Rocky's birth originally appeared in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). These references to earlier productions, in addition to cutting costs, enhanced the cult status of the film.

• In the final scene, inspiration for Magenta's hair is taken directly from The Bride of Frankenstein (1935).

• The dance during Sword of Damocles with Columbia, Riff-Raff, and Magenta was inspired by Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 film Bande à part (U.S. title was "Band of Outsiders").

• Richard O'Brien has said that the role of Frank-n-furter was based on; Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible Part I and Cruella DeVi

• The voices of the Translyvanians were recorded and spedup as an homage to the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz.

• Rocky carrying Frank up the tower while being attacked is a tribute to King Kong; there is an explicit Fay Wray/King Kong reference in Don't Dream It, Be It

• Frank makes reference to the fantasy films of Steeve Reeves in Sweet Transvestite

Fontes 1 e 2 e Wad Cheber :) Obrigado!

1. Michael Rennie estava doente, no dia em que a Terra parou

   Michael Rennie foi um ator que estrelou o clássico filme de ficção científica O Dia que a Terra Parou, sobre um alienígena que tenta impedir a destruição da Terra.

   

2. E Flash Gordon estava lá, em roupas íntimas de prata

   Flash Gordon era um herói de aventura. Ele é conhecido por usar shorts que se parecem com boxers. Eu não tenho certeza se eles foram prata, no entanto.

   

3. Claude Rains era o homem invisível

   Claude Rains, talvez mais conhecido em Casablanca, de fato, desempenhou o papel principal na versão 1933 do O Homem Invisível.

   

4. Então algo deu errado, para Fay Wray e King Kong

   Fay Wray estava no filme king Kong

   

5. Então, em um ritmo mortal, veio do espaço sideral

   It Came from Outer Space foi um filme de monstros do 1950.

   

6. Doutor X vai construir uma criatura

   Doctor X era um filme de terror notoriamente não familiar.

   

7. Estrelas de Anne Francis no planeta proibido

   Forbidden Planet foi um filme da 1956 estrelado por Anne Francis.

   

8. Leo G. Carroll estava sobre um barril quando Tarântula levou para as colinas

   No filme Tarântula, estrelando Carroll, uma tarântula gigante escapa de um laboratório ("leva para as colinas").

   

9. Eu vi Janette Scott lutar com um trifídeo que cospe veneno e mata

   Janette Scott estava no filme Dia das Triffids, apresentando as plantas venenosas com o mesmo nome.

   

10. Dana Andrews disse ameixas secas, deu-lhe as runas e passá-las usou muitas habilidades

    

    Dana Andrews estrelou em Night of the Demon, com base no conto Lançando as Runas. Ameixas secas são bem conhecidas como laxantese, como tal, pode dar a alguém "fugas", ou seja, diarréia, o que contribui para um bom trocadilho com "runas". Também pode ser uma referência à senhora idosa que lhe entrega as runas do filme.

11. Mas quando os mundos colidem, disse George Pal à sua noiva

    George Pal produzido When Worlds Collide

    

12. Mostra da imagem por RKO

    Imagens de RKO Era uma vez um dos maiores estúdios de Hollywood. Eles produziram alguns dos filmes mencionados anteriormente, como king Kong.