One of the earliest motion pictures to consciously depict the fear and suspicion that permeated the early Cold War, “The Day the Earth Stood Still” precipitated the 1950s science fiction boom. After landing his sleek, futuristic-seeming flying saucer, designed by Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter with consultation from Frank Lloyd Wright, on a baseball field in Washington, D.C., Klaatu, accompanied by the eight-foot robot Gort, warns the leaders of Earth to dismantle their burgeoning atomic programs or face utter destruction. His people will not tolerate of the spread of human violence throughout the galaxy. Unlike movie aliens before or many since, the human-appearing Klaatu spends time among ordinary people, not to conquer or hurt but to observe and learn. Working loosely from the 1940 short story “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates, director Robert Wise and screenwriter Edmund H. North created the unique production with an economy of action and an exhilarating pace.
- 3/9/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
One of the earliest motion pictures to consciously depict the fear and suspicion that permeated the early Cold War, “The Day the Earth Stood Still” precipitated the 1950s science fiction boom. After landing his sleek, futuristic-seeming flying saucer, designed by Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter with consultation from Frank Lloyd Wright, on a baseball field in Washington, D.C., Klaatu, accompanied by the eight-foot robot Gort, warns the leaders of Earth to dismantle their burgeoning atomic programs or face utter destruction. His people will not tolerate of the spread of human violence throughout the galaxy. Unlike movie aliens before or many since, the human-appearing Klaatu spends time among ordinary people, not to conquer or hurt but to observe and learn. Working loosely from the 1940 short story “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates, director Robert Wise and screenwriter Edmund H. North created the unique production with an economy of action and an exhilarating pace.
- 3/9/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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