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ALTERED (2006)

Director: Eduardo Sánchez Cinematography: Steve Yedlin

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In 1991, Eric Crawford used to head a secret division of the military dealing with alien affairs but that position vanished when the aliens retrieved all their artifacts, especially the ones from the Roswell, NM crash. Crawford is asked to help the government when the payload aboard a space shuttle mission vanishes. Crawford recruits his daughter to help him in his work. Elsewhere, multiple abductees Charlie Keyes (a third generation abductee) and Lisa Clarke (the daughter of a Starchild) meet during one of their abductions. After that abduction Lisa discovers she is pregnant. (“Charlie and Lisa” Taken, TV)

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Behind the scenes photos of Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978

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Ben Gazzara as John Resko Convicts 4 (1962) dir. Millard Kaufman

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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Leonard Nimoy, Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams in Invasion of the Body Snatchers,  Philip Kaufman, 1978.

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Natalie Ascencios's 2002 painting, A Vicious Circle, of the Algonquin Round Table. It hangs in the hotel today.

From left to right, standing: Robert Benchley, Franklin Pierce Adams, Robert Sherwood, Harpo Marx, Alexander Woolcott, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber. Seated: Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross, George S. Kaufman, Heywood Broun. The Algonquin Cat is standing upside down at top left.

Photo: Natalie Ascencios via ascencios.com

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Now watching:

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 dir.Philip Kaufman

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White Noise (Noah Baumbach, 2022).

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Currently Watching

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS Philip Kaufman USA, 1978

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Horror Movie of the Day: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

There’s a psychiatric condition known as the Capgras Syndrome: the irrational belief a person close to us has been replaced by an identical stranger. Tied to some fairly intense forms of mental illness, it can easily spiral out of control and create a sense of isolation and paranoia. But, what if multiple people suddenly started saying this at the same time?

When a strange species of flower starts appearing across the bushes and trees across the city of San Francisco, health inspector Matthew Bennel has to make this question to himself. His close friend and coworker Elizabeth Driscoll is apparently experiencing this situation: her partner Geoffrey is suddenly acting cold and distant. Matthew’s initial suggestion is for her to talk his psychiatrist friend David Kibner, but similar stories keep popping up. And then a strange, incomplete looking body appears on the spa of another of his friends. That also seems to try to mimick them.

It’s clear this is no mere delusion. Something more sinister is going on.

A remake of the eponymous 1956 classic (which is in turn based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney), this movie takes the same core story idea of its source of inspiration and flips it on its head by simply changing the setting. Instead of taking place within the confines of a small town, having the story take place in an urban environment changes the story dynamics and even themes. Instead of an outwardly placid town where people become strangers, you get the cold strangers becoming uncannily close to each other as suddenly the city masses are all staring at you in an urban alienation nightmare.

It’s a fantastic remake of an already great movie, upping the ante while still paying respectful homage to what came before. With a stiffling, dissonant sound design, the cynicism of 70's cinema, and a splice of body horror the end result is an all time great of the genre.

[fanofspooky]

“We came here from a dying world. We drift through the universe, from planet to planet, pushed on by the solar winds. We adapt and we survive. The function of life is survival.”

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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THANK YOU FOR THE DAYS: Steven Attewell, In Memoriam.

My tribute to @racefortheironthrone, aka Steven Attewell. Thank you for the days.