Little known fact: all mattes are shot on first generation film. Kubrick would shoot the matte, put the film in storage, put it back in camera, then shoot the inside of the matte. It looks pristine to this day because there was no generation loss since there was only one generation even in the most effects heavy shots.
Sci Fi top 6 ‐ focusing a bit on the soft sci-fi
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir: Stanley Kubrick
Arrival (2016) dir: Denis Villeneuve
Her (2013) dir: Spike Jonze
BladeRunner (1982) dir: Ridley Scott
Children of Men (2006) dir: Alfonso Cuarón
GATTACA (1997) dir: Andrew Niccol
Little known fact: all mattes are shot on first generation film. Kubrick would shoot the matte, put the film in storage, put it back in camera, then shoot the inside of the matte. It looks pristine to this day because there was no generation loss since there was only one generation even in the most effects heavy shots.