[Siegfried]

"Mickey One", an early film with Warren Beatty. Tense, paranoid.

And a movie that burned a hole in my brain, "Invaders from Mars", 1953 version

Designed and directed by William Cameron Menzies (one of the greatest production designers of Hollywood's golden age, whose credits include Gone with the Wind), this eerie little thriller benefits from Menzies's skill at combining physical settings with psychological undercurrents of paranoid terror and resistance against the alien threat. It's still most effective for younger viewers, with Jimmy Hunt providing the story's youthful point of view. And although the malevolent aliens look campy now, with a leader who resembles a bubble-brained squid in a fishbowl, Invaders from Mars remains one of the seminal science fiction films of its time, paving the way for The War of the Worlds and the rapidly developing trend of alien-invasion thrillers. --Jeff Shannon

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Welcome to the Canteen!

[trussell]

Welcome to the Canteen/asylum!! We may be weird, but we're lovable!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome, Siegfried, to the Canteen, and thanks for your movie choices. Thanks for your service to America.