The Movie: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
What Is It?: Space
Jesus comes to Earth and warns that if we don’t quit the warring we’re going to
get a serious, intergalactic spanking. Screenwriter Edmund H. North and
director Robert Wise fashion the most intelligent and one of the most
restrained science-fiction movies of the fifties, and Bernard Herrmann’s
theremin-heavy score delivers classic sci-fi sounds. The open-ended ending is
also refreshing. What will become of the Earth? Are we doomed? Or will we curb
our war-like ways. Klaatu barrada nikto, daddy-o!
Why Today?: The Day the Earth Stood Still may
chronicle the end of times for us earthlings. Today marks the end of times for 366 Days at the Drive-In. See you in
Valhalla, folks.
