Invasion of the body snatchers / Barry Keith Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Barry Keith, 1947- author.

Contributor:

British Film Institute.

Series:

BFI film classics.

BFI film classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Invasion of the body snachers (Motion picture : 1956).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan in association with the British Film Institute, 2010.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements

Historical context

Contemporary Hollywood

Production history

Genre

Don Siegel, director

Communism and conformity

Modernity and postwar society

Gender

Conclusion.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages110-111).

ISBN:

1-83871-338-7

1-84457-562-4

OCLC:

947110534