Pet-theory time. While the 1956 original sounded a warning about Cold War paranoia, Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake offers an elegy for the 1960s. Donald Sutherland leads the real San Franciscans, floppy haired intellectuals who like exotic food and going to book events, while the alien-pod people who would replace them strike first through a lunkish proto-yuppie who likes to drink beer and watch sports. Not that any of it has any application to current events, hahaha. -Lee Gardner
1978 Philip Kaufman. 1.85:1 Color DCP 115 min.
