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The Best of 1960s Sci-Fi

3/15/2013

 
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DALEKS' INVASION EARTH: 2150 A.D. (1966), while colorful and exciting stuff, was not the best or most groundbreaking sci-fi the decade had to offer.



In the 1960s, elements of decay and division in society, especially U.S. society, were becoming more obvious, and 1960s sci-fi reflected this. (1)


The 1960s were a fertile ground for many movie genres. The decade saw a number of fine traditional westerns, as well as the advent of the iconoclastic, bombastic spaghetti western, sweeping epics (like Lawrence of Arabia, El Cid), the final heyday of the big-budget musical (West Side Story, The Sound of Music), the James Bond spy craze, etc. The Hammer Studios' horror boom was in full swing, the WWII spectaculars went from strength (The Great Escape) to strength (The Dirty Dozen), Disney still was cranking out some classics (like 101 Dalmations) and Gidget and the Beach Party movies catered to the younger crowd.

One genre that didn't exactly flourish, though, was the science fiction film.

Much like the decade itself, the 1960s were a transitional period for the science fiction film. The decade started out pretty much as a continuation of the 1950s, with most Hollywood sci-fi reduced to fun but generally cheap and cheesy kiddie or teenage monster fare, like The Leech Woman, The Angry Red Planet, The Manster and The Brain that Wouldn't Die. By the end of the 60s, though, the social upheaval, chaos and malaise of the post-JFK assassination, counter culture, Vietnam War-era world were beginning to seep in, eventually leading to the slew of serious minded, downbeat sci-fi films in the early to mid 1970s, such as The Andromeda Strain, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Soylent Green, A Boy and His Dog, and Silent Running, to name just a few.

In between were a handful of Hall-of-Fame sci-fi films, which clearly show this gradual transformation from more juvenile fare into darker territory. Below is my list, in chronological order, of what I consider to be the 10 best films of this type to come out of that decade, along with a few worthy runners-up. While films like The Birds and Night of the Living Dead could be legitimately classified as science fiction, albeit in a fringe sense, to me they fall more clearly in the horror genre and so I chose not to include them here, as good as they undoubtedly are.



The Time Machine (1960)

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George Pal's lush Victorian time travel adventure started the decade off with a bang. Certainly a simplified version of H.G. Wells' original novel, focused as it is on the time-hopping aspects and rousing adventure, the movie version of The Time Machine still carries enough philosophical underpinnings to help raise it above general matinee fare. Rod Taylor as "George" (the "G" in H.G.) cuts rather a manly figure for a movie scientist, and it's the energy and vigor of his performance, plus the effective special effects and handsome production, that make this one a classic.

The Morlocks were easily one of the best-realized of movie monsters up to that time, and the finale, where Taylor fights off hordes of the cannibalistic beasties to save Yvette Mimieux's Weena, is thrilling stuff. Most haunting, though, is the final scene, where George's gentle friend Filby (Alan Young) deduces that our hero has returned back to the future, and that he took three books with him. "Which three books would you have taken?" Filby musingly asks the housekeeper. And many a viewer has surely contemplated that question, long after the final curtain music has faded.


Village of the Damned (1960)

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Over across the Pond, the Brits were continuing to put their less flashy, more cerebral stamp on the genre. Based on The Midwich Cuckoos, a novel by writer John Wyndham  (who also gave the world such classic books as The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes), Village of the Damned posits an ingenious scenario: One afternoon, in the quiet little hamlet of Midwich, for no apparent reason, everyone in the village falls asleep. They wake up hours later, puzzled but unharmed. Several women in the village find they are mysteriously pregnant, including the wife (Barbara Shelley) of schoolteacher George Zellaby (George Sanders). The children subsequently born all look alike, with the same blond hair and spooky eyes, and they grow at a weirdly fast rate. Soon they begin to exhibit superior intelligence and powers that seem to betray an extraterrestrial origin, and become a serious threat that only the desperate Zellaby can possibly thwart. The children, led by the eerily poised Martin Stephens, are effectively creepy, the adult cast is first-rate, and the climax is nail-shreddingly suspenseful. A great idea, adroitly executed.

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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Val Guest's literate and scary version of a classic "what if?" scenario is not only a terrific and tense science fiction film, but one of the best depictions of a working newspaper committed to film. (The movie was filmed in actual Fleet Street offices, with real life editor Arthur Christiansen playing himself, adding greatly to its verisimilitude).

Edward Judd is the troubled reporter hero, Janet Munro is his love interest, and Leo McKern (before his fame as Rumpole of the Bailey) plays the cynical voice of reason. The set up of the central premise, that nuclear tests have shifted the earth slightly upon its axis, resulting in increasingly scorching temperatures that could lead to the planet's destruction, and resulting chaotic fallout, is very realistically depicted, with a typical Brit stiff-upper-lip lack of histrionics. Judd and Munro manage to make their burgeoning relationship interesting and believable (and believably sexy; check out the post-shower scenes of the sultry Munro, clad only in a brief bath towel, happy for a chance to escape her squeaky-clean image from Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People). 

Panic in Year Zero (1962)

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Ray Milland starred in and directed this sharp, surprisingly hard-edged look at what might transpire if an atomic bomb was dropped on Los Angeles. As soon as the radioactive shit hits the fan, Milland's Harry Baldwin grabs his family (including wife Jean Hagen, teen daughter Mary Mitchell and son Frankie Avalon), rifle and whatever survival goods he can scrounge together and heads for the hills. The movie radically underestimates the likely spread of radioactive fallout, but seems spot on in its depiction of the rapid collapse of civilized behavior, as Milland must fend off various looters, killers and rapists. The film ends on a cautiously optimistic note, but still leaves a nasty little aftertaste of all-too-believable human savagery. Milland really impressed me in this film; I had never really pictured him as a hardass before, but he's one tough hombre here, not in a showy, chest-thumping way - just a cold, quick-thinking and ruthless pragmatist willing to do whatever it takes to protect his family.


Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1963)

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Judging by the standards of the time (and the usually lax lip-service to scientific fact paid by Hollywood), Byron Haskin's cult classic goes to great pains to plausibly depict the adventures of astronaut Kit Draper (Paul Mantee) and his clever simian pal Mona, as they try to survive, shipwrecked on the cold, cruel wastes of Mars. Despite the cutesy title, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a class act all the way. The stark Death Valley locations, strikingly photographed by Winston C. Hoch, help create a palpable, otherworldly atmosphere. Ib Melchior's script is, for the most part, smart and lacking in false dramatics, and Mantee makes for a likeable, resourceful hero. The movie dips a little in its second half, as it introduces its alien "Friday" (Vic Lundin, in a bad wig) and veers away from its gripping survivalist opening into more overt space opera. Still a heck of a lot of fun, and a firm favorite among science fiction buffs for its overall sober, at times reverent approach.



Seconds (1966)

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Rock Hudson gives one of the best performances of his career in this classic tale of paranoia and being careful what you wish for. Aging banker Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph), unsatisfied with his lot in life, becomes involved with a secretive organization that promises to fake his death and, with the aid of plastic surgery, construct a new face and identity. Afterwards, despite looking like Rock Hudson, Hamilton finds his new life not exactly what he wished for, and wishes to change back. The increasingly-sinister organization has somewhat different plans in store, however...Director John Frankenheimer takes what is, in essence, a feature-length Twilight Zone episode, and spins it out into an unsettling rumination on aging, loss of humanity and loss of self. The ending is truly harrowing.


Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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I've already written at length about this effects-heavy blockbuster here; suffice it to say that, despite its questionable science, this is easily one of the most memorable - and memorably opulent - of all 60s sci-fi films. 


Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
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Packed with more mind-bending ideas than any half-dozen other genre pictures, and easily one of the best films ever to come out of Hammer Studios, this big-screen version of Nigel Kneale's highly influential TV series remains generally faithful to its original source and is all the better for it.

Prof. Bernard Quatermass is called in to investigate when workers digging a new tunnel for the London underground unearth a strange spacecraft and the corpses of its inhuman crew, which turn out to have startling implications for the rest of humanity.


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Andrew Keir is a low-key but solid Quatermass, and he's helped immeasurably by the likes of Barbara Shelley, James Donald and Julian Glover. Other than a brief bit of laughably poor F/X (depicting the Martian cull), the movie is a somber, thought-provoking thriller that positively bristles with wit and intelligence.

Planet of the Apes (1968)

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"Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction refers to 1968 as "the single most important year in the history of SF cinema." (2) One of the seminal classics released that year was Planet of the Apes. The film, while a marked departure from Pierre Boulle's satirical novel, is a still-potent brew of action-adventure and social commentary. John Chambers famous make-ups, Charlton Heston's bare-chested, snarling heroics, convincingly alien desert locations, Jerry Goldsmith's freaky, atonal score, and a pithy script by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, complete with its oh-so-famous Twilight Zone-esque sting in the tail, all combine to make Planet of the Apes a genre masterpiece. The movie still thrills and fascinates today, and astronaut Taylor's story arc is compelling, as we follow him from misanthropic cynic at the beginning, to the lone voice in defense of humankind in the face of a "world gone mad," Apes-ruled society, to an enraged, anguished howl of disbelief, all trace of pride in his own kind stripped away, by the fade out.
Endlessly parodied, endlessly watchable.


2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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When I was younger, I used to find Stanley Kubrick's meticulously-constructed adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's novel boring, pretentious (albeit good-looking) twaddle. As I've gotten older, I've come around more to the "masterpiece"  school of thought. This rediscovery was fueled largely by the revelation of the film's visual brilliance as revealed by its gorgeous Blu-Ray transfer. Seeing the film in high-definition was truly like seeing it for the first time. And it's a beautiful, serene, amazing movie experience.

Other than the fact that Pan-Am is now defunct and not providing shuttle service to the Moon (alas), the film hasn't aged a jot. The incredible special effects still stand up as among the best and most realistic in movie history. The ultimate fate of astronaut David Bowman might still carry a whiff of pretentiousness about it, but it's unquestionably a film not afraid to take a leap into the unknown and ambiguous...a rare feat in filmic sci-fi. There are too many jaw-dropping moments of pure, technical filmmaking genius to name, but one of 2001's highlights, for me, is the lengthy, deliberate section detailing Heywood Floyd's journey to the Moon, complete with futuristic stewardesses and in-flight meals sucked through a straw in zero G. Some films deserve their reputations as one-of-a-kind, envelope-pushing experiences. 2001 lives up to its hype, and will still be enthralling - and maddening - audiences for decades to come.

Other notable sci-fi films from the 60s include The Damned (These Are the Damned) and X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (both 1963), Crack in the World (1964) and Dalek's Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966).

Did I leave any of your favorites off my list? Let me know in the comments.

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Source Note: (1) and (2) taken from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, St. Martin's Griffin, 1995.
Roger
3/15/2013 08:24:42 am

Two interesting Czech films: Icarus ~XB1/Voyage to the End of the Universe, which I think influenced 2001, and Late August at the Hotel Ozone- an idyllic title for a grim film

Jeff
3/17/2013 10:32:48 pm

Thanks for that, Roger! I've heard of ICARUS - XB1 but never seen it, and LATE AUGUST... is new to me. Appreciate the tips!

Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) link
3/15/2013 10:05:51 am

That's a really comprehensive look Jeff - congrats - there isn't a film there that I would want to do without, with the possible indulgence of the DOCTOR WHO movie, but I'll let you off! Of course, one has to suggest a few possible additions from Europe - along with such comic book adaptations as Vadim's BARBARELLA and Bava's DANGER: DIABOLIK (as well as his smaller scale PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES with its wonderful closing twist), the one I couldn't do without is Truffaut's FAHRENHEIT 451 from the Ray Bradbury classic.In addition I would suggest the small scale British effort, INVASION directed by Alan Gibson as being particularly well worth watching as well as the Italian dystopian satire, THE TENTH VICTIM (from Robert Sheckley's THE SEVENTH VICTIM) starring Ursula Andress and Marcello Mastroianni which is certainly thought-provoking (and now available on an excellent Blu-ray).

Jeff
3/17/2013 10:43:14 pm

Cheers, Sergio! Lots of good titles you've mentioned there. BARBARELLA is a fantastic looking movie (esp. the credits - wowsa! ;) but I find it pretty dramatically inert otherwise. DANGER: DIABOLIK I love love love but wouldn't personally consider it a sci-fi film. PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES is really fun and a worthy addition, clearly a big inspiration for Ridley Scott's ALIEN...despite its surface space opera trappings, though, I find it more horror than sci-fi, but that's again a personal call. I did consider FAHRENHEIT 451 and it certainly should have been on my runner-up list, that was an oversight on my part. Have yet to see THE TENTH VICTIM but have been meaning to for some time. Thanks especially for the mention of INVASION, which I've never heard of before. Can you give me a bit more info on this one? Can't find it on Gibson's IMDB credit list (not that the IMDB is anyway near infallible). Thanks, mate!

Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) link
3/17/2013 11:26:09 pm

I know what you mean about DIABOLIK though i consider it sci-fi in the futuristic Bond sense I suppose. Mea culpa with regards with INVASION as I got my Alans mixed up - it was directed by Alan Bridges. You can read more about it here:

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1333419/index.html

I can probably get you a PAL DVD if you send me an email ...

R.A. Kerr link
3/16/2013 04:49:58 am

Ooh - some great movies on this list! I agree with you about Ray Milland in "Panic in Year Zero" - he is surprisingly fantastic in that role.

Also, very happy to see "Planet of the Apes" on this list (how could it not?), along with the uber-creepy "Village of the Damned".

Great idea for a blog post, Jeff.

Jeff
3/17/2013 10:46:29 pm

Thanks, Ruth! Glad to hear you dig Ray Milland in PANIC IN YEAR ZERO. Such a cool and tough little flick. And there's no way I'd leave PLANET OF THE APES off such a list. It was tough to narrow it down to ten, but a fun challenge.

John link
3/18/2013 12:44:48 am

I think I've mentioned 1970s sci-fi in an earlier comment and you mention all of the best and all my favorites in passing in the intro to this post. As for 60s sci-fi I have seen nearly all of these though some I barely remember. Just last year I saw THE DAMNED for the first tiem. A truly strange an dhyptnoci movie with so much going on in it. Starts out a juvie biker movie, turns into a melodramatic murder mystery then ends as the strange dystopian radiation nightmare movie it meant to be all along. The entire PLANET OF THE APES series was one of my favorite reasons to go to the movies when I was a kid. ESCAPE... will always be my favorite of the lot, probably because it's less sci-fi and more of a social comedy/pseudo spy movie.

I loved JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH when I was kid. I watched it any time it was on TV. But it's probably better classified as fantasy since it has nothing at all to do with real science. Oops, that was 1959. Anyway, I liked all those Jules Verne movies: Disney's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THEA SEA (another one from the 50s, but still fabulous in every aspect) MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (giant chickens and crabs!), FIRST MEN IN THE MOON was creepy and strange and utterly fascinating. I knew when I first saw it on TV (I was probably 16) that it was 100% nonsense but it was still incredibly fun to watch. The imagination that went into realizing Verne's ideas was astonishing – all the sets, the odd spaceship, and the weird creatures were awesome to me then.

Jeff
3/19/2013 09:26:16 pm

Great to hear from you again, John! Glad to know you love those early 70s sci-fi gems like I do. I hope to do a similar post on them some day, although it will be a hell of a lot harder to narrow the list down to 10, I think.

As you know, I'm a big fan of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND but, as in all these things, it comes down to the way each person draws the genre lines. MI plays more like a fantasy for me, although certainly an equally valid case could be made for it being a science fiction movie.

FIRST MEN IN THE MOON is one I probably should have listed in my runner-up category...though I must confess I don't hold it in the same high esteem you do. As a fan of the novel I thought the film took altogether too many liberties, though the ending, with the lunar landing stuff, is inspired (so much so that Mark Gatiss' recent BBC TV movie version of the story added that 1960s framing device to its otherwise much more faithful adaptation.)

Jeff
3/19/2013 08:53:12 pm

Thanks for that interesting link about INVASION and the very kind offer of a PAL DVD, Sergio! I'll send you an email about that soon.

Patti link
3/20/2013 03:03:50 am

I can't really add much intelligence to this conversation, as I don't lean to science fiction and, thus, have not seen any of these films. Well, that's not entirely true. I remember my parents taking us to the drive-in (we went to the drive-in A LOT) to see "Planet of the Apes." I don't remember very much about it, but I do recall that it left me scared. Not sure why, so I think I should do a re-watch of it now that I'm "grown up."

Just an observation---it would appear that Charlton Heston had a "bare chest clause" in his contract, as he appears bare-chested more often than any other star I can think of.

Also, I am a huge Ray Milland fan, so I am intrigued with "Panic in Year Zero." Thanks for the heads-up about that one.

Jeff
3/22/2013 01:36:10 am

Hi Patti, thanks for the comments! That's OK, I know that these sorts of films aren't to everyone's tastes. I will say that I think all 10 of these movies (with the possible exception of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY) are top-notch dramas first and foremost. PLANET OF THE APES is definitely worth a rewatch...I doubt you'd find it too scary now, but it is still pretty intense.

As far as PANIC IN YEAR ZERO is concerned, as a fan of Milland I think you'll find it interesting. He directs the film with a commendable economy, as well as turning in a very fine, tough performance.

And you're right on the money re: Heston's shirtless clause...he does seem to bare his chest in virtually every movie (even in THE BIG COUNTRY he has a shirtless scene). Hey, if you got it, flaunt it! At least common sense prevailed and he kept his robes on as Cardinal Richelieu in 1973's THE THREE MUSKETEERS. ;)

Colin link
3/21/2013 05:26:54 am

Super overview Jeff, and a a selection of movies that's hard to argue with. Well I might raise questions about 2001 myself, but then I'm not a fan of the direction Kubrick had moved in by that stage of his career.
I particularly like your inclusion of Panic in Year Zero; Milland was a pretty good director (as well as an excellent actor) and I think he did great work on a miniscule budget.

You know, I'm not a fan of current sci-fi at all - I'll actually go out of my way to avoid it to tell the truth. However, I'll happily lap up all the 50s, 60s and the first half of the 70s have to offer.

Jeff
3/22/2013 01:49:34 am

Cheers, Colin! I hear you on 2001...I felt much the same for many years. It's only recently that I've started to come around to being really impressed by it. I grant you though that as a narrative, it's no great shakes. But as an eye-popping, technically-superb cinematic experience, almost a tone poem of mood, atmosphere and visionary futurism, I feel it's really something special.

Nice to see some love for PANIC IN YEAR ZERO and Milland's direction. He does make a gripping film out of very limited means, no small feat, especially while headlining the film in front of the camera as well. I'm curious to see his first directorial effort, the western A MAN ALONE. Knowing a bit about the depth and breadth of your expertise in the genre, I bet you've got something to say about that one...

While I enjoy a lot of what passes for modern sci-fi as agreeable popcorn fare, I miss the superior stories, social commentary and just plain imagination of the 50s-70s sci-fi films. Frankly, there are startlingly few actual, honest-to-goodness science fiction films being made these days, more's the pity (Duncan Jones' MOON being a highly-recommended exception).

Colin link
3/22/2013 06:06:13 am

Jeff, A Man Alone is well worth seeing. Milland might seem an odd choice for a western but he both looked the part in this film and was very comfortable behind the camera too. The film is a tight, claustrophobic affair, with a semi-noir atmosphere. I think that noirish aspect works especially well with Milland, who had some experience in the area. I understand A Man Alone may be a future release by Olive, so I suggest keeping an eye out for it.

Jeff
3/22/2013 10:59:33 am

Thanks for the info re: A MAN ALONE, Colin ! Definitely sounds interesting, will be on the lookout for it.

ruth link
3/22/2013 12:04:30 pm

Wow, this is quite a list, Jeff. I have only seen parts of the original Planet of the Apes, I should rewatch it in its entirety. I think I've told you this before but I'm very curious about The Time Machine. I think it's on Netflix Instant so I should try to watch that sometime soon.

Jeff
3/23/2013 10:26:50 am

Hi Ruth - thanks for visiting! I seem to remember us discussing THE TIME MACHINE before as well...it's a lovely film and I wholeheartedly recommend you give it a spin sometime soon. PLANET OF THE APES is one of those films where most people have seen some of the key moments while channel surfing, but the movie as a whole still packs a punch, and look spectacular on Blu-Ray (if you happen to own a player).

Dean
7/29/2013 12:04:00 am

Jeff,

This is a very good list. I have to include one more movie that is not listed. it is "ISLAND OF TERROR"... a 1966 British movie that I saw last night and was somewhat impressed. Peter Cushing (who always does a spendid job) is the most noticeable actor. I've always thought the British movies from this period were quite well done. It's amazing, but these movies are much better than anything that comes on the SY FY channel today!

Jeff
8/23/2013 02:27:04 am

Thanks a bunch for your comment, Dean! I like ISLAND OF TERROR a lot and it holds a special place in my memory as a film I caught on Scfi-Fi Theater during my youth which scared the crap out of me. Seeing it as an adult, well, it was not really scary any more but it was still a fun film, and Edward Judd and Peter Cushing made for a cool monster-fighting team (and what monsters!)


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