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audio in italianocolpito da una nube radioattiva, scott carey (williams) comincia velocemente a perdere peso e statura. la sua casa diventa un campo di battaglia pieno di trappole potenzialmente mortali. dopo aver affrontato un gatto e un ragno, si perde nell'infinitamente piccolo. da una sceneggiatura che richard matheson cavo' dal suo romanzo the shrinking man, j. arnold ha tratto un film inquietante, una delle vette della sf degli anni '50.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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The Incredible Shrinking Man is one of those examples of how your own tastes change over the years. As a kid I always enjoyed the film up until the metaphysical ending, which felt like a cheat, yet now it's one of the things I like best about the film. Throughout the film the narration is constantly leading up to a spiritual and philosophical resolution rather than a physical one, and there's something moving about the hero's realization that all things have a valid place in the universe regardless of size. It also stands up surprisingly well as a science fiction adventure, with the second half's increasingly primal battle for survival against increasingly overwhelming odds both savage and exciting in its ingenuity. And there's also a great trumpet solo over the terrific main title music. Still a giant among 50s sci-fi.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I hadn't seen this film for some 25-30 years and thought my memory
of it would let me down, what with todays high tec.film procedures, making
it look dated and stilted.
But no not a bit of it, still it stands up as a classic, clever piece of filming.
I enjoyed it every bit as much as I did way back when.
of it would let me down, what with todays high tec.film procedures, making
it look dated and stilted.
But no not a bit of it, still it stands up as a classic, clever piece of filming.
I enjoyed it every bit as much as I did way back when.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Really, one of the best sci-fi films ever. Grant Williams' performance towers above an outstanding script by Richard Matheson and the supporting cast pulls out all the stops.
This is an intelligent film that leads you into the spiritual rather than the violent, no two ways, and I can't say enough good things about it. However, I read one review that complained about the lack of W/S presentation. To that, I can only say that for years I didn't even know that such a thing as W/S existed. This Full-Frame edition is the only way I know it and, as such...this is a piffling detail.
BTW, in the US you can get this as part of a dirt cheap package from Universal called "Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection" which features four other films from the 50's of sufficiently suspect quality to be well worth buying.
This is an intelligent film that leads you into the spiritual rather than the violent, no two ways, and I can't say enough good things about it. However, I read one review that complained about the lack of W/S presentation. To that, I can only say that for years I didn't even know that such a thing as W/S existed. This Full-Frame edition is the only way I know it and, as such...this is a piffling detail.
BTW, in the US you can get this as part of a dirt cheap package from Universal called "Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection" which features four other films from the 50's of sufficiently suspect quality to be well worth buying.
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