Invasion of the Body Snatchers
by Don Siegel
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Actor: Carolyn Jones, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, King Donovan, Larry GatesDirector: Don Siegel
Brand: Republic Pictures
Cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks
Editor: Robert S. Eisen
Writer: Daniel Mainwaring
Writer: Jack Finney
Writer: Richard Collins
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-07-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Republic Pictures
Movie Reviews of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie Review: Left Wingers Always Get This Film Wrong!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great horror/suspense film, but by now you already know that, whether you've viewed it yet or not. (And if you haven't, you should.) What prompts me to weigh in with a review is that I still can't for the life of me understand why left-wingers to this day continue to trot out their by now very tired and worn out critique that Invasion of the Body Snatchers was an allegory of the so-called "Red Scare" hysteria and "paranoia" of the 1950s Cold War era. Nonsense!
Memo to left-wingers, memo to left-wingers: In the film, Dr. Bennell's story about alien seed pods taking over humanity was TRUE, not a product of any overblown hysteria or paranoia on Dr. Bennell's part. And so, when left-wingers insist on reading into the film some kind of symbolism alluding to Americans' fears of a Soviet invasion during the 1950s, they only serve to discredit their own theory. Because after all, if the film's alien seed pod threat was real, then so was the Soviet threat. Hence, the left-wing critique is thereby thoroughly demolished via a self-inflicted wound.
Instead of reading politics into the film, it is better to grasp the film's real message for what it is (as rather explicitly stated in the film itself), namely, a warning against growing alienated, cold, and calloused, letting our humanity slip away, little by little, one human life at a time. And as Becky Driscoll herself says to Miles, "I don't want to live in a world without beauty or love. I'd rather die." Humanity and love are the themes of this film, not politics.
Summary of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/16/2005 Run time: 80 minutes Director: Don SiegelSomething's wrong in the town of Santa Mira, California. At first, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) is unconcerned when the townsfolk accuse their loved ones of acting like emotionless imposters. But soon the evidence is overwhelming--Santa Mira has been invaded by alien "pods" that are capable of replicating humans and taking possession of their identities. It's up to McCarthy to spread the word of warning, battling the alien invasion at the risk of his own life. Considered one of the best science fiction films of the 1950s and '60s, this classic paranoid thriller was widely interpreted as a criticism of the McCarthy era (that's Senator Joseph, not actor Kevin), which was characterized by anticommunist witch-hunts and fear of the dreaded blacklist. Some hailed it as an attack on the oppressive power of government as Big Brother. However viewers interpret it, this original 1956 version of Invaders of the Body Snatchers (based on Jack Finney's serialized novel The Body Snatchers) remains a milestone movie in its genre, directed by Don Siegel with an inventive intensity that continues to pack an entertaining wallop. Look closely and you'll find future director Sam Peckinpah (an uncredited cowriter of this film) making a cameo appearance as a meter reader! --Jeff Shannon
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