U posljednje smo dvije godine mogli gledati dva odlična britanska znanstvenofantastična filma koji portretiraju dalju ili bližu budućnost otoka zvanog Velika Britanija. U prvom, "Djeca čovječanstva" (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006.), je radnja smještena u London 2027. godine. Zbog globalnog uništenja zemlje i ekološke katastrofe već 18 godina nije rođeno nijedno dijete i čitavoj ljudskoj civilizaciji prijeti izumiranje. U drugom filmu, "28 tjedana poslije" (Juan C. Fresnadillo, 2007.), smrtonosni virus iz prvog nastavka filma "28 dana poslije" poharao je čitavu Englesku i vojska je, pokušavajući vratiti normalno stanje, uspostavila sigurnosnu zonu u malom djeliću Londona oko kojeg i dalje haraju zombiji, odnosno "živi mrtvaci". Ono što povezuje ta dva postapokaliptična filma, uz sve druge značajke, je upravo arhitektura. Naime, i u jednom i drugom filmu uspješnim redateljskim intervencijama London je naprosto "dotjeran" tako da izgleda kao London u bližoj, a ne nekoj nezamislivoj budućnosti.
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In the past two years we had the opportunity to watch two excellent British science fiction films depicting the near or perhaps distant future of the island we know as Great Britain. The first of the two movies, Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006), tells of London in the year 2027. Due to global destruction and ecological catastrophe no human child has been born for 18 years and human civilization as we know it is perhaps facing extinction. In the second movie, 28 Weeks Later (Juan C. Fresnadillo, 2007), the whole of the British population has been contaminated by a lethal virus introduced in the first part of the same movie. The military has secured a small part of London while "the living dead", zombies, continue to ravage around. What connects these two post-apocalyptic films, apart from other characteristics, is architecture. In fact, thanks to efficient interventions by the directors of both movies London has been simply "polished" in order to give us a glimpse of its near future, a future one can imagine.
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