Jack Arnold (1) (1916–1992)

Neste clássico da comédia, a Duquesa (Peter Sellers) e o Primeiro Ministro (Peter Sellers) do minúsculo ducado de Grand Fenwick descobriram um plano brilhante para impedir que o seu país caísse na banca rota: declarar guerra aos Estados Unidos, perder, e depois arrecadar o mais possível em ajuda econômica de pós-guerra. O único erro foi esquecer-se de dizer ao chefe das forças invasoras (outra vez Sellers) que era suposto perder. Sellers desembarca em Nova Iorque, durante um raide aéreo, e encontra as ruas vazias. Captura um cientista brilhante (David Kossoff), a sua assistente (Jean Seberg) e a sua ameaçadora nova arma. Os Estados Unidos são forçados a render-se! Grand Fenwick forma então a Liga das Pequenas Nações, apresentando às grandes nações os seus termos - PAZ PARA SEMPRE.… (más)

Possibly the best 50s SF of all time, and director Jack Arnold's masterpiece--though I have an emotional attachment to his "Creature from the Black Lagoon." The story is absorbing and well acted, the special effects are simple but stunning, and once Grant Williams ends up in the basement, it's all about grim survival.

The screenplay is by Richard Matheson, and based on his novel The Shrinking Man. The ending is both obvious (after the fact) and mind-blowing as the hero transcends his limitations and himself--there really wasn't another movie ending like this until" 2001: A Space Odyssey."

Most of Jack Arnold's SF films are worth watching--he is a genuine auteur with a distinctive style and characteristic elements that populate his work. He went on to do quite a lot of different kinds of film and tv work, but his 50s SF and Horror movies put him in a league of his own.

It took forever for this to be available in DVD, and this Bluray is a Spanish import--the packaging and menu are in Espanol, and you have to manually adjust it for the original English version, but once you do that it's fine,… (más)