Slideshow
INVADERS FROM MARS
Sunday, April 9
11:00
70th anniversary restoration!
U.S., 1953
Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Starring Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt
Approx. 77 min. DCP.
Nightmare vision of alien invasion seen through the eyes of a small boy — a triumph of low-budget stylized production design.
Reviews
“Menzies emulates Norman Rockwell’s tones and compositions, then twists them, creating a Twilight Zone atmosphere… [His] suggestions of people falling into a whirling sand pit are eerier than anything in Tobe Hooper’s remake.”
– Michael Sragow, The New Yorker