Watching this recently, it amazed me how runt action there is in this movie, and yet it remains as tantalizing and curious as ever. There are none of the site pieces we have advance to inquire in original genre films: no explosions, no gory deaths, one tiny skedaddle scene. Tension is developed through character development and the fantastic performances of Patricia Neal and Michael Rennie, with some fantastic supporting work from Sam Jaffe and Frances Bavier (Mayberry’s Aunt Bea!)
There are very few special effects: the unusual tank disappears in a glow of light, but other than that, this is a film driven by character development. Taut direction by Robert Wise, straightforward writing from Edmund North and impressive cinematography by Leo Tower get an brilliant, literate, adult science fiction film that appeals to all ages.
Special mention must be made of Bernard Herrmann’s haunting derive. One of the first film scores to exhaust Leon Theremin’s eerie and eponymous electronic instrument, which unfortunately became a genre cliché, the music adds immeasurably to the tense and unsettling atmosphere.
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Modern audiences may gain the film’s message heavy handed and sure, relying on 1950’s atomic paranoia and the absolute power it brought. In fact, Klaatu’s proffered level-headed solution borders on totalianarianism. But these are minor considerations considering this is a simple chronicle stunningly told.
The DVD contains many spicy extras of interest to film buffs and collectors, including a shooting script, extended discussions on the evolution of the film from belief to release, and an outlandish witness at the people fascinated with collecting 1950’s sci-fi film props and paraphernalia.
First and foremost, this is a review for the 1951, murky and white, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, 2-disc, special edition DVD and NOT for the remake (Gort! Keanu barada nikto
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Okay so here’s the lowdown; as I now have both this novel edition and the unusual single, flipper disc, version, and having watched all of the bonus features on the recent 2-disc status, I can affirm you this: maintain the extinct disc!
Why, because the 73 plus tiny, making of, on the unique disc is gone, replaced with a unusual 23 miniature fluff fragment that only skims the surface of the chronicle, of the making of this film.
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Gone are the lengthy on camera interviews with the producer, director and female lead, replaced instead with film historian’s inane babble, with the curious snippet of philosophize recordings of the director and producer, taken from the 73 plus minutes, making of, from the current disc (without the on camera report) .
Also gone, is the very exciting, “Collectors”, segment, tacked onto the destroy of the unique making of, which had several prominent collectors showing off such treasures as the fresh flying saucer model and Gort statue, weak in the true film, with anecdotes about the film, and where the props they now owned, had ended up after the filming.
As for the extra stuff added to the 2-disc spot, nothing is worth the non-inclusion of the unique making of from the first disc (most of the unusual stuff has nothing to do with the film, but instead conveys the political tensions of the world at that time, which, although slightly of interest, is not worth upgrading for) .
And on a current extra sign for the novel 2-disc situation, the reading of, Farewell To The Master, is poorly executed, with a static represent with simple playing instructions, demonstrate throughout the entire reading (where as they could of has stills from the film playing throughout the reading, while the soundtrack played quietly in the background) and trying to maneuver through the reading is a nightmare, as there are three chapter stops, which are about 10 plus minutes each, with no plot of speedily searching through the 10 plus exiguous segments, so if you terminate playing the reading at 9 minutes, you can’t open the playback where you left off but instead have to listen to the whole thing from the commence of the chapter (I know this because I stopped the playback for a small, and when I hit the play button on the remote, the film started to play, so I had to go support to the menu and launch the reading again, and listen to the stuff I had already heard. I would have preferred that an onscreen text version of the short (45 pages – not so short in my books) yarn be included instead) .
So unless you are a completes, then this 2-disc version isn’t worth the money, and even if you are looking to purchase this for the first time, I’d HIGHLY recommend that you hold up the novel DVD release, as the describe quality is the same, and you regain the far suitable 73 plus slight, making of, along with the director’s commentary, recount galleries and recent trailer.
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