Million Dollar Movies - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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03/13/19 • 64 min

Million Dollar Movies

Bob and Dan discuss the terrifying and prescient Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), a sci-fi film about seedpods from space coming to Earth and replacing human beings with exact replicas. Other topics discussed: exploiting pathos for political gain, socialism, The Thing, The Truman Show, and living in the "snatched world."

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