Johann
05-08-2004, 02:57 AM
Another film shown to me by my late friend Constantine in 1998 was The Time Machine starring Rod Taylor. It's definitely a film classic, and it still arouses magical memories for me. The first time I saw it I was struck with the fascinating ideas that still seem relevant. e.g: Are we moving through time or is time just a mathematical, human construction?
The film had (for it's time) amazing special effects. The speeded up sequence when Rod first uses the machine is just as magical as when Dorothy opened the door to Munchkinland. That's George Pal for ya.
The film starts out as a Victorian-style tale but quickly becomes an odyssey of sorts and ends up being a great adventure- to me better than Indiana Jones. It doesn't hurt that the only female in the film is gorgeous- Yvette Mimieux. She plays Weena, part of a strange-behaving group of white humans who are at the mercy of The Morloks: hairy-monster type creatures.
I found myself having fantasies about Weena long after the movie was over. (Did I say that out loud?)
The point is, The Time Machine is a great classic film adapted from the H.G. Wells classic book, and the recently released DVD has a scene with Taylor and Alan Young that was shot 30 years after the movie was made! It completes the story, and you'll be amazed that these two actors were able to reprise their roles without missing a beat.
P.S. The Machine is a work of art and it's had quite a history since it was used in the film- check out the documentary about how it was restored and saved from destruction which is also on the DVD.
The film had (for it's time) amazing special effects. The speeded up sequence when Rod first uses the machine is just as magical as when Dorothy opened the door to Munchkinland. That's George Pal for ya.
The film starts out as a Victorian-style tale but quickly becomes an odyssey of sorts and ends up being a great adventure- to me better than Indiana Jones. It doesn't hurt that the only female in the film is gorgeous- Yvette Mimieux. She plays Weena, part of a strange-behaving group of white humans who are at the mercy of The Morloks: hairy-monster type creatures.
I found myself having fantasies about Weena long after the movie was over. (Did I say that out loud?)
The point is, The Time Machine is a great classic film adapted from the H.G. Wells classic book, and the recently released DVD has a scene with Taylor and Alan Young that was shot 30 years after the movie was made! It completes the story, and you'll be amazed that these two actors were able to reprise their roles without missing a beat.
P.S. The Machine is a work of art and it's had quite a history since it was used in the film- check out the documentary about how it was restored and saved from destruction which is also on the DVD.