Science fiction gets there first... or should
The movies mentioned will shown at historic old time giant movie palace Loews
Classic Sci-Fi at the Loew's Jersey June 3 & 4 (Tel: 201-798-6055 or beeper
201-219-4334)
(201) 798-6055 or visit www.loewsjesey.org
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Interviewer: It must be weird to see the present catch up to your future.
RAY BRADBURY: Oh, no. They haven't caught up. We've only been on the moon for a few hours. I'm way ahead of them.
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But the Krell forgot one thing...
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MATT SIMMONS TALKS ABOUT THIS AS A SOURCE OF HEAT
Crack in the World
1965 - 96 min. - Suitable for all ages.
Starring Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox
*** A Very Rare Theatrical Screening ***
A scientist blindly plunges on with his experiments to tap the heat at the center of the Earth as a new energy source, and
Crack In The World had great special effects for its pre-CGI era, a tight script and a good ensemble cast, and is still one of the most intelligent sci-fi movie ruminations on the
dangers of science-run-amuck against nature.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Original Version)
1956 - 90 min. - B&W - Not Rated, But May Not Be Suitable For Very Young Children
Starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates.
Remembered as "the pod movie," Don Siegel's classic exercise in psychological science fiction begins as a doctor in a small California town, receives complaints from patients that their loved ones don't seem to be themselves lately. When he looks into these reports, he makes a shocking discovery: massive seed pods have come from a distant planet containing creatures that can assume the exact likeness of anyone they choose. Invasion of the Body Snatchers builds tension slowly and steadily, dealing not in the shock of bug-eyed monsters common to other 1950s science-fiction movies, but in the unnerving possibility that the enemy is among us - and impossible to tell from our friends. The movie has often been interpreted as a cautionary fable about the blacklisting of the McCarthy era. It also can be read as a cautionary parable against conformity of any kind. Or it can be enjoyed as a great science-fiction/horror/suspense movie that just happened to be made on a B-movie budget. |
