Robert Wise’s <i>The Day the Earth Stood Still</i> (1951) and Interplanetary Emissary Klaatu Are <i>Not</i> Anti-Atomic: A Reassessment of the Filmic Evidence
Inspired by a 1940s short story by Harry Bates, scripted by Edmund H. North, and directed by Robert Wise, <i>The Day the Earth Stood Still</i> (1951) is a science fiction cult classic. Of all its diverse interpretations, a commonly adopted reading influenced by the dawning of the Atomic...
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2021-09-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/4/107 |