Movie of the Week
War of the Worlds
February 15, 2025
“The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells “is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon…. ”
~ Wells later noted that inspiration for the plot was the catastrophic effect of European colonization on the Aboriginal Tasmanians.” ~ Wikipedia
Movie of the Week
War of the Worlds
For Movie of the Week, we are choosing Steven Spielberg’s 2005 cinematic adaptation of H.G. Well’s famous novel, The War of the Worlds, to parallel this week’s interview topic on “parasitic” biofilms. In the story’s great twist, the superior microorganisms living in the human body ultimately bring about the demise of the Martian invaders.
The book and its various adaptations—radio, film, television, and more—provide many aspects to ponder about the beneficial and potentially detrimental cohabitation of the human species with microbial colonies. Who is colonizing whom? And can we survive apart from symbiosis?
Links
The War of the Worlds (Wikipedia)
War of the Worlds Movies and TV Shows
The War of the Worlds (1953 movie adaptation)
Jeff Wayne – The War of the Worlds (1978) Part 1 (Full Album)
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