 | Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)
Buy new: $5.50 / Used from: $4.62 Made in 1953, this movie scared the hell out of me. Told from a child's point of view with paranoid overtones from the McCarthy era. I still find it unnerving. My son loved the Karen Black remake when he was young.
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 | Silent Running
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.14 Dern is on a spaceship containing the last vestiges of Earth's forests when he is ordered to destroy them and return. He doesn't. The Joan Baez opening song sets the tone.
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 | Zardoz
Buy new: $5.49 / Used from: $2.61 I actually saw this in a double feature with the movie above. John Boorman directs Sean Connery in a complex plot which, among other things, examines class structure and religion. See if you can guess the origin of Zardoz.
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 | Fahrenheit 451
Buy used from: $11.74 Bradbury's classic directed by Francois Truffaut with Nicholas Roeg cinematography. Strange pacing and visuals. The presentation seems pallid at times representing the idea that the lack of reading makes people dry and empty.
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 | Seconds
Buy used from: $35.50 In 1966, Director John Frankenheimmer gave us the story of an aging businessman who is allowed to live his life again. Mix of horror, SF and social criticism. Rock Hudson stars and is curiously believable.
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 | Starman (Full Screen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.84 Alien Jeff Bridges is stranded on Earth and takes the form of Karen Allen's deceased husband. Great Bridges performance and chemistry with Allen. Humerous and emotionally effecting.
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 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.70 Don't lump this in with the other mindless sequels. James Franciscus is sent to find Charlton Heston and comes across apes and an underground civilization that worships the Bomb. Great ending.
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 | THX 1138 - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $20.49 / Used from: $3.10 George Lucas directs Robert Duvall in a future dystopia. The movies imagery and sound reinforce the theme of technology's dehumanization of man.
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 | Westworld
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $6.24 How can a movie staring Richard Benjamin, James Brolin and Yul Brenner be recommended by anyone? Great concept, good execution. I hate Disney but would go to Wesworld in a heartbeat.
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 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.52 My favorite version of the four, and the only one I can watch more than once. Good ensemble acting led by Sutherland. Normal people in unusual circumstances. The last scene will stay with you.
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