The Way of the Game

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We Just Watched a Movie - Invasion of the Body Snatchers

June 08, 2014

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) this week.  Persona next week.  As always, follow along on our iCheckMovies list, and be sure to let us know how you’d rank the movies in the comments below.



Invasion of the Body Snatchers – February 5, 1956


Director: Don Siegel

Producer: Walter Wanger

Writers: Daniel Mainwaring

Actors: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones

Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation


The course of the conversation:


So, McCarthyism is Communism?


Did studio interference change the meaning of the film?


What makes us human, and is that really desirable?


Jonathan’s terrified of pod people.  Nathaniel probably already is one.


Why do the pods clone humans?  Plot.


Kevin McCarthy has a part in his hair the width of the Grand Canyon, and a jaw of pure marble.


Is a good, compelling B-movie still a B-movie, or are we just using the term wrong?


Mystery Western Theater 1800


Is there less interference from the top in Hollywood today?


Not a lot of talk about the movie, but lots of talk around the movie.


Michael and Jonathan debate whether the concept is engaging enough.


Michael hates Star Trek and moving on from failed jokes.


Jonathan mostly just talks about The Fly and Blade Runner.


Nathaniel lets his geek flag fly.


The Heisenberg Principle, exemplified by the podcast.


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