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What particular paranoia of what era moved Welles?

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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: RE: It's actually a warning ... posted by Jeff Starrs on February 17, 2011 at 10:05:39

For all we know, Jules Verne also was a paranoid product of anti-communist propaganda.

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RE: What particular paranoia of what era moved Welles? - Jeff Starrs 01:15:23 02/18/11 (2)
Different eras, different causes ...the book (1898) has been suggested as being a commentary on British Imperialism or victorian fears, the radio drama of 1938(I presume you mean this, by 'Welles'?) as a commentary on the uprise of nazism, and the '53 Byron Haskin film as a commentary on communism.

Jules Verne is more the adventurous, heroic side (Great Exhibition etc) of the era although he has been criticised for his anti-semetism.
- You are missing the answer that is staring in your face - Victor Khomenko 06:08:01 02/18/11 (1)
  You can keep trying to connect people's fears to the particulars of their times... truth is you will always find some excuse.
  
  Which is just another way of saying there is natural human need for scary stuff - always has been, always will be. Kids tell scary stories under the blanket with flashlight, they grow up and some of them go on making scary movies.
  
  So you might as well say the movie X was scary because it was made in October, when something bad was happening... but something bad happens every day.
  
  PS. By Welles I meant Wells, but it kinda works either way! :)
  - RE: There's no contradiction ... - Jeff Starrs 06:22:58 02/18/11 (0)
    ... kids of a later generation ran to see Friday 13th ...in the generation of the serial killer. Our fears, times & the products of them are interdependant, as are our needs to excorcise them.

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