The Stop Button Posted by on September 13, 2013

About halfway through Invaders from Mars, the army mobilizes to come to the aid of the protagonists (who have discovered an alien invasion). These mobilization scenes are all stock footage–later tank footage is stock too–but director Menzies uses it for a long time, like an actual scene   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come by James Curtis November 2015 432 pages Pantheon Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's "His name is William Cameron Menzies, whose name wouldn't cause a ripple among the screen's cash customers, but he is certainly one of the most important...   read more