America Flashcards
Gender
First Lady (Mary McDonnel) - Woman In The Refrigerator trope, needless death of woman as plot device for hero, that is the president
Vivica - Jasmine Dubrow - Modern approach to female sexuality. Stripper with a heart
No female soldiers tho
IBS
Becky (Dana Wynter) - Weak, needs to be carried in his arms, falls asleep. At time made on 3% women in congress
Closing sequence
IBS.
Fear mongering. Constantly at battle. Did not end in equilibrium
ID
President (Bill Pullman) Patriotic speech (launched attack on July the 4th)
anthemic music
rest of the world waiting on US to make a move, allies as well as enemys china
Casse (Randy Quaid) Kamikaze attack, dead beat father dies for country
Justify foreign policy Iraq gulf war
Opening
Moonlanding, Space race
iconic american locations
Historical context in bodysnatchers
The threat of atomic death from on high ushered in the Cold War, at least for those in the Western world. The Cold War, in turn, led to the “Red Scare.
Hysteria
Siegel’s film addressed the dehumanization of individuals–a sensitive subject in an age filled with tales of political brainwashing of American soldiers by the Koreans–and the horrifying possibility that humanity could become infused as part of the societal machine.
key speech by Bennell. While hiding from the aliens, he says, “In my practice, I see how people have allowed their humanity to drain away…only it happens slowly instead of all at once. They didn’t seem to mind…. All of us, a little bit. We harden our hearts…grow callous…only when we have to fight to stay human do we realize how precious it is.”
The only resistance to the perceived repression, Body Snatchers tells us, is an embattled individualism. There is hope in the defiant individual - Real enemy is the government attacking free thinkers and civil liberties
Pod people are american majority, government enforcing values.
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956)
American Independence Day (1996)
Dir by Don Seigel
Dir by Ronald Emmerich
