It Came From Outer Space (3D) - Jack Arnold - (1953) DVD

This modest science fiction film from Ray Bradbury's short story "The Meteor" is perhaps the most-imitated film in the history of cinema.. The screenplay for this feature was written by Harry Essex, with direction by veteran action-film expert Jack Arnold. The production in B/W is a very good one for a "B" film, I assert., Joan St. Eigger did the hairstyles, Rosemary Odell the costumes, Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt the sets, with Bud Westmore handling the unusual makeup challenges. The very fine art direction was done by Bernard Herzbrun and Robert A. Boyle, with luminous cinematography by Clifford Stine.

In the solid cast are Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake as the Sheriff, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson (the professor in Gilligan's Island) and Kathleen Hughes. It is arguable that Richard Carlson talks too much about the mysteries of the desert in this film, as an allegory for the dangers of the unknown, the wild, the as-yet-untamed - for space itself; but the dialogue is good-enough, the situations genuinely eerie and the style of the film, its crisis and its and pacing far above the expected. In lesser hands, this production could have been less effective; this has become a classic example of how to handle several sci-fi situations. It earns the stature of being fundamentally scary; yet it is also thoughtful and interesting at the same time. This is sci-fi noir of a very high sort.

Note: Soundtrack is Mono, appearing on the Left channel only.

3D Movie Type : Field Sequential 3D
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