Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
The inhabitants of a small town are convinced that their loved ones are gradually being replaced by hostile creatures. A terrifying premise for one of the great classics of science fiction.
Don Siegel
Don Siegel is an American director and producer. In 1946, he directed his first feature film, the film noir The Verdict. Over the next few years, he directed films such as Riot in Cell Block 11, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Baby Face Nelson. During the 1960s, he notably directed Flaming Star, a western starring Elvis Presley, and The Killers, a film noir inspired by a short story by Ernest Hemingway. In 1968, Don Siegel met Clint Eastwood with whom he would collaborate on five films, achieving both commercial and critical success. This series of films includes the crime thriller Coogan's Bluff, the action comedy Two Mules for Sister Sara, the cynical war drama The Beguiled, and the most famous film of his career, Dirty Harry. In 1976, he directed John Wayne for the only time in the western The Shootist, which became the actor's swan song. He worked one last time with Clint Eastwood in 1979 for Escape from Alcatraz. In 1982, he directed his final film, Jinxed!.
Explore
Sur notre blogue
Horreur - L'envers de la carte postale
Avec le boom économique d’après-guerre, l’Occident voit émerger de nouvelles habitudes de vie, sur fond de société de consommation. Une nouvelle image du bonheur, centrée sur le confort individuel, se dessine sur les publicités pimpantes. Le cinéma d’horreur va, dès lors, se faire un plaisir de la pervertir...
