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1	Monsters Like Us: Reexamining “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” Through the Decades Norton, Elizabeth Harmon 05 1900 (has links) The purpose of this paper is to examine the multiple versions of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in concert and determine the reason for their continued presence in the American cultural landscape. To do so I will look at the novel and four films and examine the context in which they were created. In reexamining the novel and films, a central theme begins to emerge: interiority. Fear in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" moves from an external to an internal threat. The bodily locus of the monstrous other has been re-purposed and re-projected outward. The internal nature of the monstrous threat is displayed in the narrative’s use of production and distribution, mental health professionals, pseudo-families, and the vilification of sleep. Finally, this paper will examine the studio influence on the various films and their impact on the relative endings. Invasion of the Body Snatchers fear 1950s 1970s 1990s 2000s American literature Finney, Jack. Body snatchers Invasion (Motion picture) Body snatchers (Motion picture) Fear in literature Fear in motion pictures
2	Physicians, Society, and the Science Fiction Genre in the Film Versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers: or Doctors with a Serious Pod Complex Stifflemire, Brett S. 14 July 2010 (has links) (PDF) Close textual analysis of the four extant film versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers reveals that each film modifies the original story such that it reflects changing societal attitudes toward physicians and the medical profession, as well as depictions of military and government in the science fiction genre. The changing depictions of characters and events in these films respond to changes in medical history, social history, and the science fiction genre across five decades. Each film reflects the contemporary anxieties of its time and the perceived ability of physicians to relieve those anxieties. Doctors are important semantic elements of the science fiction genre, and their position within the syntax of a film helps to determine its meaning. By focusing on the physician character, this study finds that in addition to being a metaphor for threats such as Communism, Invasion of the Body Snatchers also reflects concerns about disease and other medical threats. Invasion of the Body Snatchers physicians medicine disease science fiction Film and Media Studies Theatre and Performance Studies
3	Bland gröna gubbar och röda faror : En historisk studie om vanligt förekommande teman i amerikansk science-fictionskräckfilm under McCarthyeran / Among green men and red scares : A historical study about common themes in American science-fiction horror film during the McCarthy era Vang, Jens January 2018 (has links) The following study has its origin and context in the politically polarised McCarthy era of the American history. With the WWII in retrospect, politicians in Western nations quickly acknowledged the potential impact and sphere of influence of popular culture and its ability to form public opinion. During this period attempts were made to censor culture from underlying socialist messages in order to spread and awake support for the government, especially in mainstream Hollywood productions. However, how successful were these attempts and did it actually create a resistance against the censorship’s proclaimers? This study analyses four different Hollywood science fiction films from the 1950’s and argues that the underlying messages were more diverse than previously expected. Some of the productions seemed to endorse the McCarthyist values, whereas others more clearly rejected these sets of values, implicitly claiming they were a highly irrational response to an unstable international situation. Red Scare McCarthyism history ideology film cinema horror science-fiction Red Planet Mars Invasion of the Body Snatchers War of the Worlds The Day the Earth Stood Still History Historia

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