Similarly…
Monster-of-the-Week: …the titular protagonist of Jack Arnold’s superb 1957 sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man sees his pet turn from an ordinary housecat into, well, this week’s honoree…
Thursday, February 16, 2012
FEAR OF THE CAT
“Monster” is often a relative term—a perfectly ordinary creature can become a monster depending on your perspective. The inches-high heroine of The Secret World of Arietty, the animated Japanese film opening in the U.S. tomorrow, is confronted by a normal-sized cat who, to her, is a terrifying gargantuan (though her ultimate relationship to the animal is more complex).
Similarly…
Monster-of-the-Week: …the titular protagonist of Jack Arnold’s superb 1957 sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man sees his pet turn from an ordinary housecat into, well, this week’s honoree…
You can watch our hero’s encounter with the titanic tabby, here.
Similarly…
Monster-of-the-Week: …the titular protagonist of Jack Arnold’s superb 1957 sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man sees his pet turn from an ordinary housecat into, well, this week’s honoree…
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Something I wrote about that movie two years ago: http://dogobarrygraham.blogspot.com/2011/02/incredible-shrinking-man.html
ReplyDeleteGood stuff! If the cat had been Jimmy, he'd probably just lick The Incredible Shrinking Man's tiny head...
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