The War of the Worlds (1953), NR
The War of the Worlds (1953), Paramount Pictures/Photofest, © Paramount Pictures
- DATE:
- TIME:
- 4:30 pm – 5:55 pm
- Director:
- Byron Haskin
A mysterious, meteorlike object has landed in a small California town. All clocks have stopped. A fleet of glowing green UFOs hovers menacingly over the entire globe. The Martian invasion of Earth has begun, and it seems that nothing—neither military might nor the scientific know-how of nuclear physicist Dr. Clayton Forrester—can stop it. H. G. Wells’s end-of-civilization classic receives a chilling Cold War–era update, complete with hallucinatory Technicolor and visionary, Oscar-winning special effects.
This screening is part of the film series Low Key: The Magic, Wonder and Horror of Light, organized by Brian R. Jacobson, Professor of Visual Culture in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. Each film includes an introduction by Jacobson.
EVENT DETAILS
- Fee:
- Free with museum admission.
- Details:
- No reservations needed. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the screening.
- Location:
- Theater
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