Movies that innovated in cinema

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Richard McGuire and directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump). For this purpose – and in line with the graphic novel – Zemeckis never moves the camera, making the film reliant on its internal editing to tell its stories. Instead of offering an interesting reflection on time and the brevity of human life, the director falls into superficial effectism and excessive sentimentality, also resorting to digital rejuvenation technology that attempts to appeal to nostalgia for the young Hanks and Wright, but only serves to distract. It’s not as disruptive as other works by Zemeckis or the graphic novel it’s based on, but if you’re looking for a curious experiment or enjoy the work of its leads, you may like it.

A classic from 1937 that became a milestone in cinema history as the first animated feature film. 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' is also the first Disney animation in a feature-length film, as before the studio had only worked on short films. And the production almost didn't happen. For four years, Walt Disney tried to finish the project and had to mortgage his house so it could come to fruition—literally. The film had a cost of more than one million dollars, considered a fortune at the time. We wouldn't have animations if it weren't for Disney's effort to produce 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. The feature is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'Snow White' and was highly praised when it was finally released.

If you don't believe Alfred Hitchcock was capable of changing the history of cinema, you will certainly change your mind after watching 'Rope'. This classic suspense was one of the first attempts of a movie in a single take and even though it was made in 1948, the result is great. Of course, actually there were 10 shots that together give the illusion of a single take. The production also marks the first time the filmmaker worked with Technicolor, a process that colored films. Hitchcock may not have been satisfied with 'Rope', but his fans were. Based on a 1929 play written by English novelist Patrick Hamilton, the story immediately shows two friends killing a classmate and hiding the body in a trunk, in the middle of the room. One of them, the most sadistic, decides to throw a party while the corpse will be hidden throughout the event. Their idea was to make the perfect crime, and the plot develops around that. Perhaps this is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most psychological films. It presents deep and extremely well-built dialogues and there is a subtext that the two protagonists are gay - which would be a scandal for those who noticed it at the time. Simply a brilliant movie and one of the most interesting of Hitchcock.

It must be said that 'TRON' is one of those cases where technology was not entirely at the service of the plot, but vice versa, so it is not precisely an interesting movie in the dramatic section. However, to realize the vision of the ideal virtual reality imagined by director and screenwriter Steven Lisberger, the film had to resort to various technical innovations, a mixture of backlit animation techniques and computer-generated images, in which it was a pioneer and a watershed (even inspiring John Lasseter, who would eventually become the head of Pixar). It may not be particularly fun today, but its cultural impact of its time earned it cult movie status today.

Undoubtedly, a landmark in cinema history! 'Toy Story' was Pixar's first movie and is also considered the first full-length movie entirely made in computer graphics. A curious fact is that Brazil released, five months after 'Toy Story', the animation 'Cassiopéia'. Unfortunately, the national production did not have the same success as Pixar's and was forgotten. Back to the world of toys: the movie is elaborate - both by the technique used to animate the images, and by the script. The story captivates children and adults alike, the formula worked so well that it yielded three more movies.