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literature list on: Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
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#1
Andrews, Steve: Baseball at the DC diamond: October 3, 1951 - The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Baseball / literature / culture: Essays, 2008-2009. Edited by Ronald E. Kates and Warren Tormey. Foreword by John N. McDaniel. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2010. pp. 72-88.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Sport ~ Sports 
 Literatur ~ Literature 
#2
Banks, Miranda J.: Monumental fictions: National monument as a science fiction space. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 30. 2002. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 136-145.
Description:
 On the representation (and the destruction) of national monuments in science fiction film. Discusses, among others, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still and Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Emmerich, Roland 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Independence Day (1996) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Politik ~ Politics 
#3
Barone, Dennis: Klaatu was no angel: A historical-contextual analysis of The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Studies in the Humanities 23. 1996. No. 2. [December] pp. 202-212.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
#4
Bates, Harry: Farewell to the Master (filmed as The Day the Earth Stood Still). In: Science-fiction classics: The stories that morphed into movies. Compiled by Forrest J. Ackerman. - New York: TV Books 1999. p. ?P.
Index:
 Bates, Harry 
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Farewell to the Master (Literatur ~ Literature) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Literatur ~ Literature 
#5
Bates, Harry: Farewell to the Master. In: They came from outer space: 12 classic science fiction tales that became major motion pictures. Edited by Jim Wynorski. With a special introduction by Ray Bradbury. - Garden City, New York: Doubleday 1980. p. ?P.
Description:
 The underlying novel for Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Bates, Harry 
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Farewell to the Master (Literatur ~ Literature) 
 Literatur ~ Literature 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#6
Booker, M. Keith: Alternate Americas: Science fiction film and American culture. - Westport, Connecticut; London: Praeger 2006.
Reviews:
 Allison, Tanine: [untitled.] In: Film Criticism 32. 2007. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 113-116. 
Description:
 Includes chapters on The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Robocop, The Abyss, Independence Day, and The Matrix. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Wilcox, Fred McLeod 
 Kubrick, Stanley 
 Lucas, George 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Scott, Ridley 
 Cameron, James 
 Emmerich, Roland 
 Wachowski, Andy 
 Wachowski, Larry 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Forbidden Planet (1956) 
 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Filmreihe) 
 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 
 Planet of the Apes (Filmreihe) 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 
 Alien (Filmreihe) 
 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 
 Blade Runner (1982) 
 Terminator (Filmreihe) 
 Robocop (Filmreihe) 
 Abyss, The (1989) 
 Independence Day (1996) 
 Matrix, The (Filmreihe) 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#7
Boss, Judith E. / Dubeck, Leroy W. / Moshier, Suzanne E.: Fantastic voyages: Learning science through science fiction films. 2nd edition. - New York: Springer 2004.
First edition:
 [1994] 
Description:
 Includes chapters on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Peter Hyams’s 2010, Robert Wise’s The Andromeda Strain and The Day the Earth Stood Still, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Joseph Sargent’s The Colossus - The Forbin Project, The Day of the Triffids by Freddie Francis and Steve Sekely, Val Guest’s The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Richard Fleischer’s Fantastic Voyage, Fred McLeod Wilcox’s Forbidden Planet, James L. Conway’s Hangar 18, Gordon Douglas’s Them!, George Pal’s The Time Machine and Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall. 
Index:
 Kubrick, Stanley 
 Hyams, Peter 
 Wise, Robert 
 Scott, Ridley 
 Sargent, Joseph 
 Francis, Freddie 
 Sekely, Steve 
 Guest, Val 
 Fleischer, Richard 
 Wilcox, Fred McLeod 
 Conway, James L. 
 Douglas, Gordon 
 Pal, George 
 Verhoeven, Paul 
 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 
 2010 (1984) 
 Andromeda Strain, The (1971) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Blade Runner (1982) 
 Colossus - The Forbin Project / Forbin Project, The / Day the World Changed Hands, The (1969) 
 Day of the Triffids, The (1962) 
 Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1961) 
 Fantastic Voyage (1965) 
 Forbidden Planet (1956) 
 Hangar 18 (1980) 
 Them! (1954) 
 Time Machine, The (1960) 
 Total Recall (1990) 
 Pädagogik ~ Paedagogy 
 Wissenschaft ~ Science 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#8
Brosnan, John: Future tense: The cinema of science fiction. - London: Macdonald & Jane’s 1978.
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Utopie ~ Utopia 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#9
Brosnan, John: Future tense: The cinema of science fiction. - New York: St. Martin’s Press 1978.
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Utopie ~ Utopia 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#10
Butler, Bill: Global Warning: The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Cinefex 2009. No. 116. [January] p. ?P.
Description:
 On the special effects by Weta Digital, Cinesite, Flash Film Works and CosFX for Scott Derrickson’s remake of Robert Wise’s SF classic. Discusses especially the work of visual effects supervisor Jeffrey Okun and the creature effects by Todd Masters of Masters FX. 
Index:
 Derrickson, Scott 
 Wise, Robert 
 Okun, Jeffrey A. 
 Masters, Todd 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Cos FX [Firma] ~ Cos FX [Company] 
 Flash Film Works [Firma] ~ Flash Film Works [Company] 
 Cinesite [Firma] ~ Cinesite [Company] 
 Weta [Firma] ~ Weta [Company] 
#11
Cavanaugh, Cathy / Cavanaugh, Terence W.: STS: Science sechnology & society. In: Cavanaugh, Cathy / Cavanaugh, Terence W.: Teach science with science fiction films: A guide for teachers and library media specialists. - Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Publishing 2004. pp. 253 ff.
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still and the episode The Devil in the Dark (1967) from the Star Trek TV series. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Star Trek (TV) 
 Pädagogik ~ Paedagogy 
 Wissenschaft ~ Science 
 Fernsehen ~ Television 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#12
Cowan, Douglas E.: Intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic: Science, religion, and The War of the Worlds - Part II. In: Journal of Religion and Film 11. 2007. No. 2. [October] p. ?P.
Description:
 Discusses also Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide, The Day of the Triffids by Freddie Francis and Steve Sekely, Cecil Blount DeMille’s Samson & Delilah and Gordon Douglas’s Them!. 
Index:
 Haskin, Byron 
 Wise, Robert 
 Maté, Rudolph 
 Francis, Freddie 
 Sekely, Steve 
 DeMille, Cecil Blount 
 Douglas, Gordon 
 War of the Worlds, The (1953) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 When Worlds Collide (1951) 
 Day of the Triffids, The (1962) 
 Samson and Delilah (1950) 
 Them! (1954) 
 Wissenschaft ~ Science 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#13
Cowan, Douglas E.: Seeing the saviour in the stars: Religion, conformity, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 21. 2009. No. 1. [?D] p. ?P.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#14
Csicsery-Ronay, Istvan: The eye of Gort. In: Science Fiction Studies 41. 2014. No. 2(?N). [July] pp. 301-313.
Description:
 On Robert Wise’s science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Augen ~ Eyes 
#15
Eldridge, David: "There is hope for the future": Retrospective visions of the bomb in 1950s Hollywood. In: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 26. 2006. No. 3. [August] pp. 295-309.
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Richard Fleischer’s 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds and From the Earth to the Moon, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still and Stanley Kramer’s On the Beach. 
Index:
 Fleischer, Richard 
 Haskin, Byron 
 Wise, Robert 
 Kramer, Stanley 
 Haskin, Byron 
 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) 
 War of the Worlds, The (1953) 
 From the Earth to the Moon (1958) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 On the Beach (1959) 
 Utopie ~ Utopia 
 Hollywood ~ Hollywood 
 Atom ~ Nuclear 
#16
Etherden, Paul: The Day the Earth Stood Still: 1950s sci-Fi, religion and the alien messiah. In: Journal of Religion and Film 9. 2005. No. 2. [October] p. 2.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Aliens ~ Aliens 
#17
Everschor, Franz: Der Mann vom anderen Stern: The Day the Earth Stood Still: Ein Klassiker. In: Film-Dienst 61. 2008. No. 25. [December 4] pp. 56-57.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
#18
Felsenthal, Daniel Sonnel: Keepers of the flame: Individualism in the films of the 1950s. - Nacogdoches, Texas: Stephen F. Austin State University, M.A. 1996. [Abstract In: Masters Abstracts International 35. 1997. No. 5. [October] p. 1215.]
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds, Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the science fiction film in general. 
Index:
 Nyby, Christian 
 Wise, Robert 
 Haskin, Byron 
 Siegel, Donald 
 Thing from Another World, The (1951) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 War of the Worlds, The (1953) 
 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#19
Fiegel, E. Todd: Bernard Herrmann as musical colorist: A musicodramatic analysis of his score for The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: The Journal of Film Music 1. 2003. No. 2/3. [Fall/Winter] pp. 185-215.
Index:
 Herrmann, Bernard 
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#20
Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken / Torry, Robert: Film & religion: An introduction. - Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press 2007.
Description:
 Includes chapters on Christmas films, on the representation of the Cold War and nuclear fears in film, on the representation of ancient history and the rise of the Christianity in film, on alien messiah figures, on the representation of the devil and finally on the representation of world religions like Islam, Judaism and Buddhism in film. Discusses, among others, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis? and King of Kings, Henry Koster’s The Robe, Cecil Blount DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, Norman Jewison’s Jesus Christ Superstar and Agnes of Good, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Richard Donner’s The Omen, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Barry Levinson’s The Natural, Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams and Bernardo Bertolucci’s Little Buddha. 
Index:
 Jones, Chuck 
 Washam, Ben 
 Maté, Rudolph 
 Wise, Robert 
 LeRoy, Mervyn 
 Koster, Henry 
 DeMille, Cecil Blount 
 Jewison, Norman 
 Scorsese, Martin 
 Gibson, Mel 
 Friedkin, William 
 Donner, Richard 
 Kubrick, Stanley 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Levinson, Barry 
 Robinson, Phil Alden 
 Bertolucci, Bernardo 
 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) 
 When Worlds Collide (1951) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Quo Vadis? (1951) 
 King of Kings (1961) 
 Robe, The (1953) 
 Ten Commandments, The (1957) 
 Jesus Christ Superstar (1972) 
 Agnes of Good (1985) 
 Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) 
 Passion of the Christ, The (2004) 
 Exorcist, The (1973) 
 Omen, The / Birthmark (1976) 
 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 
 Natural, The (1983) 
 Field of Dreams (1989) 
 Little Buddha (1993) 
 Religion: Teufel ~ Religion: Devil 
 Religion: Juden ~ Religion: Jews 
 Religion: Islam ~ Religion: Islam 
 Religion: Buddhismus ~ Religion: Buddhism 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Krieg ~ War 
 Geschichte: Antike ~ History: Ancient Times 
 Atom ~ Nuclear 
 Angst ~ Fear 
 Aliens ~ Aliens 
#21
Gabbard, Krin: Religious and political allegory in Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Literature/Film Quarterly 10. 1982. No. 3. [July] pp. 150-154.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Politik ~ Politics 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#22
George, Susan A.: Invaders of the Cold War: Generic disruptions and shifting gender roles in The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Why we fought: America’s wars in film and history. Edited by John E. O’Connor and Peter C. Rollins. - Lexington, Kentucky: Kentucky University Press 2008. (= Film & history.) pp. 349-366.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Sexualität ~ Sexuality 
 Krieg ~ War 
 Geschichte ~ History 
#23
Gerle, Jörg: Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand. In: Film-Dienst 62. 2009. No. 2. [January 15] pp. 40-41.
Description:
 On a DVD edition of Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 DVD ~ DVD 
#24
Green, Marcia: Fantafreud: Ultimatum alla terra sul lettino dello psicanalista. In: Cineforum 40. 2000. No. ?N(394). [May] pp. 56-63.
Description:
 Psychoanalytical examination of Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Freud, Sigmund 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Psychologie ~ Psychology 
#25
Haspel, Paul: Future shock on the National Mall: Washington, DC, as disputed ideological space in Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 34. 2006. No. 2. [Summer] pp. 63-72.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Utopie ~ Utopia 
 Politik ~ Politics 
#26
Hellmann, Christian: The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 1. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, Mai 1986.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
#27
Hendershot, Cyndy: The atomic scientist, science fiction films, and paranoia: The Day the Earth Stood Still, This Island Earth, and Killers From Space. In: Journal of American Culture 20. 1997. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 31-41.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Arnold, Jack 
 Newman, Joseph M. 
 Wilder, W. Lee 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 This Island Earth (1955) 
 Killers From Space (1954) 
 Wahnsinn ~ Madness 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Atom ~ Nuclear 
#28
Klein, Thomas: Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand. In: Filmgenres: Science Fiction. Hrsg. von Thomas Koebner. - Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag 2003. (= Reclams Universalbibliothek 18401.) pp. 72 ff.
Description:
 On Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#29
Koebner, Sascha: Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand. In: Film-Dienst 61. 2008. No. 26. [December 18] p. 31.
Description:
 On Scott Derrickson’s Wise-remake The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Derrickson, Scott 
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
#30
Kozlovic, Anton Karl: From holy aliens to cyborg saviours: Biblical subtexts in four science fiction films. In: Journal of Religion and Film 5. 2001. No. 2. [October] p. ?P.
Description:
 Discusses Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and James Cameron’s The Terminator and Terminator II - Judgement Day. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Scott, Ridley 
 Cameron, James 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Blade Runner (1982) 
 Terminator, The (1984) 
 Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Roboter ~ Robots 
 Aliens ~ Aliens 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#31
Kozlovic, Anton Karl: Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still part II: Klaatu as Alien Messiah. In: Kinema 2014. No. 41. [Spring] pp. 37-63.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Aliens ~ Aliens 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#32
Kozlovic, Anton Karl: Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still part III: Klaatu’s holy associates and rival religious readings. In: Kinema 2014. No. 42. [Fall] pp. 41-66.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#33
Kozlovic, Anton: Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still: A religious film? In: Kinema 2013. No. 40. [Fall] pp. 5-30.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
#34
Leydon, Rebecca: Hooked on aetherophonics: The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Off the planet: Music, sound and science fiction cinema. Edited by Philip Hayward. - London: John Libbey / Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press 2004. p. ?P.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Musik ~ Music 
#35
Pardon, Joshua: Revisiting a science fiction classic: Interpreting The Day the Earth Stood Still for contemporary film audiences. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 36. 2008. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 141-149.
Description:
 On the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks in Scott Derrickson’s remake of Robert Wise’s science fiction classic. 
Index:
 Derrickson, Scott 
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#36
Rosar, William H.: The penumbra of Wagner’s ombra in two science fiction films from 1951: The Thing from Another World and The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: Wagner and cinema. Edited by Jeongwon Joe and Sander L. Gilman. Foreword by Tony Palmer. - Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press 2010. p. ?P.
Index:
 Wagner, Richard 
 Nyby, Christian 
 Wise, Robert 
 Thing from Another World, The (1951) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Musik ~ Music 
#37
Rubenstein, Lenny: Special effects have nothing to do with it: An interview with Klaatu. In: Cineaste 12. 1983. No. 3. [?D] pp. 36-37.
Description:
 On the actor and his role in Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Rennie, Michael [Pseudonym: Klaatu] 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects 
#38
Shapiro, Benjamin: Universal truths: Cultural myths and generic adaptions in 1950s Science Fiction Films. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 18. 1990. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 103-111.
Description:
 On uncritical portraits of an ideal society in 1950s American science fiction films. Discusses, among others, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. Includes a bibliography. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Universal [Firma] ~ Universal [Company] 
 Mythologie ~ Mythology 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#39
Shaw, James: The Day the Earth Stood Still: Dramatizing a political tract. In: Creative Screenwriting 5. 1998. No. 4. [?D] pp. 50-54.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Politik ~ Politics 
#40
Skoble, Aeon J.: Technology and ethics in The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: The philosophy of science fiction film. Edited by Steven M. Sanders. - Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky 2008. (= The philosophy of popular culture.) pp. 91-101.
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Sargent, Joseph 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Colossus - The Forbin Project / Forbin Project, The / Day the World Changed Hands, The (1969) 
 Terminator (Filmreihe) 
 Technik ~ Technology 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Philosophie ~ Philosophy 
#41
Smith, Steven C.: A heart at fire’s center: The life and music of Bernard Herrmann. - Berkeley, California: University of California Press 1991.
Reviews:
 Chanan, Michael: American rhapsodies. In: Sight and Sound NS 1. 1991. No. 7. [November] p. 32. 
Description:
 On the composer who did the score for a lot of fantastic films, among them Hitchcock’s The Birds and Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Herrmann, Bernard 
 Hitchcock, Alfred 
 Wise, Robert 
 Birds, The (1962) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#42
Smith, Steven C.: A heart at fire’s center: The life and music of Bernard Herrmann. New edition. - Berkeley, California: University of California Press 2002.
First edition:
 [1991.] 
Description:
 On the composer who did the score for a lot of fantastic films, among them Hitchcock’s The Birds and Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
Index:
 Herrmann, Bernard 
 Hitchcock, Alfred 
 Wise, Robert 
 Birds, The (1962) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#43
Stephens, Bob: The pilots. In: Outré ?G. 2001. No. 23. [?D] pp. 50 ff.
Description:
 On aliens in the 1950s science fiction film. Discusses, among others, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Fred F. Sears’s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Gene Fowler Jr.’s I Married a Monster from Outer Space, William Cameron Menzies’s Invaders from Mars and Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Sears, Fred F. 
 Fowler Jr., Gene 
 Menzies, William Cameron 
 Nyby, Christian 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) 
 I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) 
 Invaders from Mars (1953) 
 Thing from Another World, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Aliens ~ Aliens 
#44
Stock, Stuart H. / Von Gunden, Kenneth: Twenty all-time great science fiction films. - Westport, Connecticut: Arlington House / Crown Publishers 1981.
Description:
 Discusses William Cameron Menzies’s Things to Come and Invaders from Mars, Irving Pichel’s Destination Moon, Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Alexander Mackendrick’s The Man in the White Suit, Felix E. Feist’s Donovan’s Brain, The Magnetic Monster by Curt Siodmak and Herbert L. Strock, Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds and Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Gordon Douglas’s Them!, This Island Earth by Jack Arnold and Joseph M. Newman, Fred McLeod Wilcox’s Forbidden Planet, Donald Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Wolf Rilla’s Village of the Damned, Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alan Cooke’s The Mind of Mr. Soames and Joseph Sargent’s Colossus - The Forbin Project. 
Index:
 Menzies, William Cameron 
 Nyby, Christian 
 Wise, Robert 
 Haskin, Byron 
 Douglas, Gordon 
 Arnold, Jack 
 Newman, Joseph M. 
 Wilcox, Fred McLeod 
 Siegel, Donald 
 Rilla, Wolf 
 Kubrick, Stanley 
 Pichel, Irving 
 Mackendrick, Alexander 
 Feist, Felix E. 
 Siodmak, Kurt [Pseudonym: Siodmak, Curt] 
 Strock, Herbert L. 
 Cooke, Alan 
 Sargent, Joseph 
 Things to Come (1936) 
 Destination Moon (1950) 
 Thing from Another World, The (1951) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Man in the White Suit, The (1951) 
 Donovan’s Brain (1953) 
 Magnetic Monster, The (1953) 
 Invaders from Mars (1953) 
 War of the Worlds, The (1953) 
 Them! (1954) 
 This Island Earth (1955) 
 Forbidden Planet (1956) 
 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 
 Village of the Damned (1960) 
 Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963) 
 Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) 
 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 
 Mind of Mr. Soames, The (1970) 
 Colossus - The Forbin Project / Forbin Project, The / Day the World Changed Hands, The (1969) 
 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#45
Sweeney, Kenneth: The Day the Earth Stood Still. In: American Cinematographer. Online edition, February 2009.
Description:
 On a Blu-Ray edition. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Blu-Ray Disk ~ Blu-Ray Disc 
#46
Der Tag, an dem die Erde still stand (The Day the Earth Stood Still). - München: Verlag Filmbühne ?J. (= Illustrierte Film-Bühne 1546.)
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
#47
Telotte, J. P.: Sex and machines: The "buzz" of 1950s science fiction films. In: Science Fiction Film and Television 8. 2015. No. 3. [Autumn] pp. 371-386.
Description:
 Discusses especially Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lee Sholem’s Tobor the Great, Fred McLeod Wilcox’s Forbidden Planet and Eugène Lourie’s The Colossus of New York. 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Sholem, Lee 
 Wilcox, Fred McLeod 
 Lourie, Eugène 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Tobor the Great (1954) 
 Forbidden Planet (1956) 
 Colossus of New York, The (1958) 
 Technik ~ Technology 
 Sexualität ~ Sexuality 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#48
Torry, Robert: Apocalypse then: Benefits of the bomb in fifties science fiction films. In: Cinema Journal 31. 1991. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 7-21.
Description:
 Especially on Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still and Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds. 
Index:
 Maté, Rudolph 
 Wise, Robert 
 Haskin, Byron 
 When Worlds Collide (1951) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 War of the Worlds, The (1953) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse 
#49
Weaver, Tom: Interview with Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still). In: The science fiction film reader. Edited by Gregg Rickman. - New York: Limelight Editions 2004. p. ?P.
First edition:
 [1988] 
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
#50
Why we fought: America’s wars in film and history. Edited by John E. O’Connor and Peter C. Rollins. - Lexington, Kentucky: Kentucky University Press 2008. (= Film & history.)
Index:
 Wise, Robert 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Sexualität ~ Sexuality 
 Krieg ~ War 
 Geschichte ~ History 
#51
Wierzbicki, James: Weird vibrations. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 30. 2002. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 125 ff.
Description:
 On sound effects in 1950s science fiction film. Discusses especially 
 Kurt Neumann’s Rocketship XM, Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Christian Nyby’s The Thing from Another World and Jack Arnold’s It Came from Outer Space. 
Index:
 Neumann, Kurt 
 Wise, Robert 
 Nyby, Christian 
 Arnold, Jack 
 Rocketship XM (1950) 
 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 
 Thing from Another World, The (1951) 
 It Came from Outer Space (1953) 
 Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Musik ~ Music 
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