Wells’ War of the Worlds. The first two-thirds of the show (which was uninterrupted by ads) was composed of simulated news bulletins… which suggested to many listeners that a real Martian invasion was underway. (While headlines like the one below suggest that there was widespread panic, ...
In the afternoon the appearance of the common had altered very much. The early editions of the evening papers had startled London with enormous headlines: “A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM MARS.” “REMARKABLE STORY FROM WOKING,” and so forth. In addition, Ogilvy’s wire to the Astronomical Exchange...
In the afternoon the appearance of the common had altered very much. The early editions of the evening papers had startled London with enormous headlines:“A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM MARS.”“REMARKABLE STORY FROM WOKING,”and so forth. In addition, Ogilvy’s wire to the Astronomical Exchange had...
Joe Pearson’sWar of the Worlds: Goliathbegins at the tail end of H.G. Wells’The War of the Worlds, then flashes forward fifteen years to the Martians’ inevitable return. The film is a gripping, grandiose, alien invasion extravaganza, beautifully realized via a surprisingly seamless blend of...
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. It was first published serially in 1897. The novel details a catastrophic conflict between humans and extraterrestrial ‘Martians.’ It is a considered a landmark work of science fiction, an
Of course, all the students in the crammer's biology class, to which my brother went that day, were intensely interested, but there were no signs of any unusual excitement in the streets. The afternoon papers puffed scraps of news under big headlines. They had nothing to tell beyond the ...
That question would follow Welles for the rest of his life, and his answers changed as the years went on—from protestations of innocence to playful hints that he knew exactly what he was doing all along. Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News ...
The growth of global warming nonsense: surely we've reached peak madness11/29/2016 - Time magazine said Donald Trump's election has climate change negotiators down, but not out, and has "cast a long shadow over progress made at" the United Nations climate conference held earlier this month ...
Director Alex Garland and cinematographer Rob Hardy have worked together to make worlds that all feel like they could beat you up, whether they’re vast and weird (“Annihilation“), contained and sharp (“Ex Machina“), or geometric and severe (“Devs”). The pair’s collaborations have a...
War Stories; PAST AS PROLOGUE: Iraq Fills the Headlines, but for President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry, Vietnam May Be the Crucible That Matters More. How Two Sons of Privilege Confronted the Conflict-And the Ways Those Choices Have Colored Their Divergent Paths Magazine article Newsweek ...