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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writers: Jack Finney (novel), W.D. Richter (screenplay)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writers: Jack Finney (novel), W.D. Richter (screenplay)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
"In San Francisco, four people discover that everyone in the city is being replaced with a duplicate that emerges from an alien plant pod."
Wholly smokes! This movie rocks! It's miles ahead of most Sci Fi flicks. It's miles ahead of most films period!...I knew right away that this was made by a skilled director, a real perfectionist, who cared to do it right. Each scene is a thing of beauty: the sets are richly detailed and well dressed out. This was shot inside real buildings in San Francisco, no fakey Hollywood sets here. When you see a room, it looks real because it is.
There are many fine details in the background that help to create realism and that's really important in sci fi. Some of those details create atmosphere too. And this movie is dripping in atmosphere.
Take a look at that still shot of Donald Sutherland from the movie. Look at how the oddly shaped trees adds to the creepiness as does the low camera angle. This film is stacked full of such shots.
The camera work is perfection. The way they do off centered and tilted shots gives a real sense of foreboding...as does the film noir style lighting in some of the darker interior shots.
The cast is a dream cast of vibrant, intense actors each who brings his or her own specialty to the mix. The script is intelligent too. The actors are so in-tuned to what they are doing that they seem like real people, which makes this even more creepy.
What a great Sci Fi Horror flick!
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There are many fine details in the background that help to create realism and that's really important in sci fi. Some of those details create atmosphere too. And this movie is dripping in atmosphere.
Take a look at that still shot of Donald Sutherland from the movie. Look at how the oddly shaped trees adds to the creepiness as does the low camera angle. This film is stacked full of such shots.
The camera work is perfection. The way they do off centered and tilted shots gives a real sense of foreboding...as does the film noir style lighting in some of the darker interior shots.
Jeff Goldblum, Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy.
Not pictured: Veronica Cartwright and Brooke Adams.
Not pictured: Veronica Cartwright and Brooke Adams.
The cast is a dream cast of vibrant, intense actors each who brings his or her own specialty to the mix. The script is intelligent too. The actors are so in-tuned to what they are doing that they seem like real people, which makes this even more creepy.
What a great Sci Fi Horror flick!
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