Invasion of the body snatchers
By: Barry Keith Grant
Contributors: British Film Institute
Series: BFI film classics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan in association with the British Film Institute; Palgrave Macmillan; British Film Institute
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781844572786
Description: "Upon its release in 1956, Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers was commonly perceived as another B-thriller in the cycle of science fiction and horror films that proliferated at the time. But in the 50 years since, its reputation has grown from cult status to become an acknowledged classic of American cinema. In the first comprehensive critical study of the film, Barry Keith Grant traces the film's historical context, it appeared in an America gripped by Cold War paranoia and atomic anxieties, and its production history, and goes on to explore the importance of genre, Communism, conformity, modernity, post-War society, and gender for an understanding of the film's cultural contexts and metaphorical weight"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; title: Historical context; title: Contemporary Hollywood; title: Production history; title: Genre; title: Don Siegel, director; title: Communism and conformity; title: Modernity and postwar society; title: Gender; title: Conclusion.