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Subj : Re: Robert Wise Dead At 91
To   : rec.arts.sf.movies,alt.startrek,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : Bo Raxo
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 03:39:34

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos


"Brad Filippone" <al019@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
news:dgmran$9g6$2@News.Dal.Ca...
> Bo Raxo (invasions_r_us@thepentagon.removethis.com) wrote:
>
> : "Robert Bernardo" <rbernardo@iglou.com> wrote in message
> : news:Pine.GSO.4.61.0509180111580.16860@shell1...
> : > On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Dan Kimmel wrote:
> : >
> : > > Well, not "LOTS" but there are several, especially "Metropolis" and
> : "Things
> : > > to Come."  I'd also include "Bride of Frankenstein" (and *do* when I
> : teach
> : > > SF film).
> : >
> : >   King Kong.
> : >
>
> : The Ten Commandments
>
> : And great sfx (parting of the Red Sea).
>
> Technically, that's a fantasy movie.  And it came AFTER "The Day the Earth
> Stood Still."
>

Hmmm, both good points.  Okay, how about Frankenstein?  Great sci-fi and
definitely pre-dates any Wise directed movie.

I have to agree with other posters though that the earliest true sci-fi
classic would be Metropolis.


Bo Raxo

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