Man, this is such a prescient film if there ever was one — especially for the times we are in. The “wandering sickness,” hatred for different people, war — there’s so much in here to unpack. This anti-war/commentary on technology sci-fi film reminded me so much (at least the first half) of my favorite Dr. Seuss book — The Butter Battle Book. That book is a commentary on the Cold War and technology advances that happen during war, it shows just how far ahead H.G. Wells was thinking. Even the fears of “too much progress” is really present in today’s society (considering facial recognition technology and surveillance tech going as far as they are going). The set pieces and architecture is out of this world — it’s no wonder that the director started in art department. The massive size of everything and the miniature work of the film reminds me of large scale films from the early days of film such as METROPOLIS. My only issue with the film was that the sound quality wasn't that great — coupled with the posh British accent from the ‘30s made it hard to discern what characters were saying so I had to put on the subtitles. It’s also funny to see what people in 1936 thought the future would look like over the next 100 years -- especially space travel.
