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Topic: The Invisible Man (film)

	H.G. Wells
		In film versions the character of Dr. Moreau has inspired such actors as Charles Laughton, Burt Lancaster, and Marlon Brando.
		The Invisible Man was a Faustian story of a scientist who has tampered with nature in pursuit of superhuman powers, and The War of the Worlds, a novel of an invasion of Martians.
		Haskin admits that the film was a war picture even without the Martian shots: "if Russia and the United States had started hostilities, you could have substituted the Russian invasion and have had a hell of a war film.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /hgwells.htm (2478 words)

	The Invisible Man (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Invisible Man returns to his lab, "his ray power run down...(he) returns to replenish it." Sporvan, lying in wait for him, has the rays turned on, which turn Dr. Gade visible.
		Admittedly, the idea of a superhero Invisible Man is a natural one, and Dr. Gade uses his powers for good, not evil, but Dr. Gade is nonetheless pretty clearly modeled on the Rains character.
		Arbuckle was made a scapegoat, as though after calling a man `Fatty' for years and rejoicing at his humiliation on film the public could only move in on him with trained hostility.
	www.geocities.com /jjnevins/invisible.html (1408 words)

	The Invisible Woman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Invisible Woman was a science fiction, comedy film that was released near the end of 1940 by Universal.
		It is the third film in the Invisible Man series following the successful The Invisible Man Returns film that had been released earlier in the year, but this movie was instead written as a farce that would exploit the humorous possibilities of the invisibility concept.
		Margaret Sullavan had originally been slated for the role of the invisible woman, but the part did not appeal to her and as a result she did not report for the filming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Invisible_Woman (520 words)

	The Invisible Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Invisible Man of the title is "Griffin", a scientist who theorizes that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will not be visible.
		The Invisible Man is also a movie produced by Universal Pictures in 1933, directed by James Whale.
		The second series, The Invisible Man, debuted in 1975 on NBC and starred David McCallum as a scientist (Daniel Westin).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Invisible_Man (1217 words)

	DVD Review - The Invisible Man (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James Whale’s 1933 film adaptation of the H.G. Wells science fiction classic "The Invisible Man" materializes on DVD with a wealth of features including a very thorough commentary track by historian Rudy Behlmer, a documentary chronicling the "invisible" phenomenon throughout the movies, anchored by a very respectful audio and video presentation.
		What makes "The Invisible Man" (and the other great monster films for that matter) so compelling is that it speaks to that disenfranchised part of our psyches.
		Speckles and blemishes as well as film grain are present in the source material, but one has to remember that the film was made almost 70 years ago.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_invisible_man.shtml (1541 words)

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		A film so perfectly and magically done, based on the H.G. Wells novel, remaining faithful to the book while adding its own flavor of campiness; such as, a wonderfully bizarre Una O'Connor screaming her head off upon seeing the invisible man in "The Lion's Head" inn.
		This angers the invisible man, so he slays the chief and is now the subject of an intensive manhunt.
		This bizarre threat adds to the mystique of the invisible man as the police believe they have set a perfect trap for their man, using Kemp as bait.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/invisibleman.htm (874 words)

	The Invisible Man - DVD Film: Totaltiorden.dk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Director James Whale infuses the film with plenty of humor, much of it arising from the quaint quirks of the local villagers, but it turns to fl comedy as the doctor transforms from an impish prankster upsetting bicycles and taunting tavern patrons to a megalomaniac bent on world domination.
		He is the epitome of the madness that surrounded the power-hungry Invisible Man. In this day of modern cinematic wonder, most full-fledged actors would want their faces to be in front of the camera, showcasing the entire film.
		When I first began this film I was expecting the classic images of angry villagers with pitchforks storming the house that the Invisible Man lived within, but instead, Whale gave us this sort of random chaos that truly created fear around this character.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/0783240961\|dvd (1812 words)

	Reel Criticism - Hollow Man (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Typically Invisible Man movies have either featured a poor sap who is turned invisible and cannot turn himself back again or it is done as a comedy.
		Instead what brings the film down a few ratings points is that the vast majority of the film all takes place in a cramped underground Government lab like so many other horror movies we have seen countless times before.
		It takes a man like Verhoeven I believe to make a truly dirty film like this and not shy away from the sexual nature of what is going through Caines mind as he watches a neighbor from his apartment (again an aspect which likely should have been further explored).
	www.reelcriticism.com /reviews/review_hollowman.html (829 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Invisible Man at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To the humor of the viewer, the invisible man escapes and in the process, steals the trousers of an officer.
		Thus, Whale’s intent of “The Invisible Man” is not to portray a realistic portrait of society, but to give an inspirational story to an economically crippled society.
		A last thought on “The Invisible Man” is that although Jack dies at the end of the movie, and to the benefit of Claude Rains, becomes visible, the movie does not resolve what happens to Jack’s notes.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-7E69-5271D0A-389E6AD0-prod4 (1101 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
		The movie is also one of the greatest films in Universal’s “Invisible Man” series that began with The Invisible Man in 1933 and continued with The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Woman, Invisible Agent, and The Invisible Man’s Revenge.
		Bud, Lou, and the Invisible Man are on the track of the mobsters that framed Tommy while trying to stay clear of the police that are on Nelson’s track.
		The only factor that keeps the film in the realm of “horror-comedy” and not pure comedy is Tommy Nelson’s invisibility and his growing insanity, but these are played for gags more than horror.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/acinvisible.shtml (777 words)

	Amazon.com: The Invisible Man: Video: Claude Rains,Gloria Stuart,William Harrigan,Henry Travers,Una O'Connor,Forrester ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Claude Rains as The Invisible Man, Gloria Stuart as Flora Cranley, William Harrigan as Dr. Arthur Kemp, Henry Travers as Dr. Cranley, Una O'Connor as Jenny Hall, Forrester Harvey as Herbert Hall, Holmes Herbert as Chief of Police, E.E. Clive as Const.
		Lane, Claude Rains as The Invisible Man, Gloria Stuart as Flora Cranley, William Harrigan as Dr. Arthur Kemp, Henry Travers as Dr. Cranley, Una O'Connor as Jenny Hall, Forrester Harvey as Herbert Hall, Holmes Herbert as Chief of Police, E.E. Clive as Const.
		Although the Invisible Man makes a note of having to be naked to be invisible, the footprints he leaves in the snow at the end of the film are those of a man wearing shoes.
	www.amazon.com /Invisible-Man-Claude-Rains/dp/6300185281 (3182 words)

	Reading A Film Sequence
		Beyond that, to talk about a filmic text means that we engage in a dialogue that brings us into the scene as a participant in an exchange: we make certain assumptions, both methodological and theoretical ones.
		Try to determine what function and significance this segment has for the film as a whole and your understanding of it.
		The filmmaker controls not only what is filmed but how it is filmed: how the staged, "pro-filmic" event is photographed and framed, how long the image lasts on the screen.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~koepnick/noir_s02/Filmanalysis1.htm (1461 words)

	Invisible Man
		Because Invisible Man draws on, synthesizes, and critiques a wide range of other texts and materials, we would like each of you to present an oral report on at least one of the relevant intertexts.
		Upon his arrival in New York, Invisible Man observes that "a new world of possibility suggested itself to me faintly, like a small voice that was barely audible in the roar of city sounds" (159).
		Invisible Man wonders how the white men of the Brotherhood differ from the trustees of his college.
	www.willamette.edu /~fmichel/InvisibleMan.htm (3733 words)

	The Invisible Woman
		It followed the successful The Invisible Man Returns film that had been released earlier in the year, but this movie was instead written as a farce that would exploit the humorous possibilities of the invisibility concept.
		Margaret Sullavan had originally been slated for the role of the invisible woman, but the part did not appeal to her and as a result she did not report for the filming.
		While the Professor and the invisible Kitty are off visiting the lodge of the millionaire Russell, the gangster Blackie Cole (Homolka) sends in his gang of moronic thugs to steal the device.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/The_Invisible_Woman.php (541 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > The Invisible Man-1933 > Printer Friendly
		The Invisible Man is probably the best horror classic ever made as it employs not only the needed pulse for a film of this genre but, it also utilizes the elements of comedy and drama to weave the perfect tale.
		In any event, The Invisible Man while trying to find a cure for his invisibility, is drawn into the madness, his condition creates.
		The invisible Man is definitely a hallmark of achievement in the horror genre.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=1251 (620 words)

	The Invisible Man (1933)- Moria The Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Review
		The opening of the film is wonderful – the moment the stranger in the snow-covered coat, his face hidden behind bandages and dark glasses, appears out of the storm sets the stage for something unusual, which is quickly compounded by the stranger’s outright rudeness.
		The moment the invisibility is first introduced holds a marvellous shock – the image of his face with the bandage half unwound and dark glasses still seated on his nose is a startling one.
		Later the Invisible Man appeared in some of Universal’s monster team-ups – he has a minor appearance at the end of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and then appears in Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), although that features an entirely new Invisible Man. The film has surprisingly never been remade.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/invisibleman.htm (1097 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Invisible Man [1933]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Invisible Man is one of the most impressive Universal "monster" films of the 1930s, a motion picture masterpiece still as vibrant and engaging now as it was in 1933.
		I am of the belief that the story of The Invisible Man really doesn't teach any sort of lesson with it, although others are certainly free to voice their own interpretations of the story.
		This film is a superb example of all that was best about Universal studios in their heyday.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006RHV3 (1140 words)

	MovieGoods - AFI 100: The Invisible Man (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As the invisible madman is moving around the negative reflects the things he does, such as rocking in a chair, smoking a cigarette, carrying something, opening doors, or socking someone in the jaw with the impact felt rather than seen.
		In one scene when the invisible man makes an escape on a bicycle, the bike is viewed going down the street rider less.
		Love interest, odd for a picture of this type, is played down to one scene in which the girl talks to the invisible man, and another at the finish when he comes out of the ether that made him that way.
	www.moviegoods.com /afi/afi100_invisibleman_33.asp (713 words)

	LIGHT VIEWS FILM REVIEW: HOLLOW MAN (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This isn't your old man's "Invisible Man." It's a cool and hip invisible man, with some of the most amazing and jaw dropping special effects I have seen in a horror film.
		Caine is a man driven by his own ego, an ego that becomes extremely dangerous when he's rendered invisible.
		The film is extremely solid, especially the visual effects which are extremely convincing.
	www.lightviews.com /hollowman.htm (753 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > The Invisible Man/Hollow Man: A comparison > Printer Friendly
		The elements of suspense, comedy, terror and angst were brought to bear in each of these films and never more concisely than in his take on the Invisible Man. Claude Rains in his screen debut took full hold of the reigns and presented a performance that to date has never been equaled.
		In simpler language, the special effects of Hollow Man are the actual stars of the film whereas the actors are something akin to window dressing as opposed to the forces used to drive the film.
		From Robocop to Starship Troopers to Hollow Man, his films tend to be high on action and eye candy and low on script strength and plot.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=1702 (1676 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
		Thus begins the reign of terror of the invisible man as he terrifies ordinary folk and officials alike with everything from childish pranks to criminal acts.
		Claude Rains is excellent as the invisible man. A former stage actor, he brought great presence to the role, despite the fact that he was completely masked or invisible for nearly the entire picture.
		The romance angle between the invisible man and Flora Cranley didn't work for me. There isn't much chemistry, and I had a hard time understanding what she saw in him at all.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews/invisibleman.html (1156 words)

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		Rains' invisible man sets out on a campaign of terror before his footprints in the snow give him away and he's shot down.
		David McCallum's invisible man was a decent fellow who worked with his wife to find a cure for his condition.
		The Invisible Man series first appeared as a 90-minute TV film in the spring of 1975.
	www.davidmccallumfansonline.com /invman.htm (339 words)

	THE INVISIBLE MAN
		Invisible men were nothing new on film or TV when Dr. Westin had his unfortunate accident.
		Invisible monsters abound in TV episodes (Lost in Space, The X-Files, etc.) and films (memorably Forbidden Planet and Predator) too, while the more obvious human delights of invisibility have been explored in various lame teen comedies (Zapped and The Invisible Maniac spring to mind).
		Although The Gemini Man, which revamped The Invisible Man concept the following season, was a blander show, at least it avoided the biggest problem McCallum had by having the hero simply flip a switch to become invisible.
	www.davidmccallumfansonline.com /invisible_man_yesterday.htm (990 words)

	The Invisible Man (1933)
		And while Paul Verhoeven's film is certainly impressive, especially from an effects viewpoint, Universal's latest addition to its Classic Horror DVD collection, James Whale's The Invisible Man proves that sometimes old-fashioned is best.
		Pub owner Jenny (Whale favorite Una O'Connor) concludes the man's been in some kind of "horrible accident," but, in truth, he's merely trying to hide the fact that he lacks a corporeal presence, having discovered a formula for invisibility, but not its antidote.
		The Invisible Man lacks the poignancy of Whale's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, but it makes up for it with its goofy humor.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=1795&buy=closed&PID=10087469&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (633 words)

	PlanetPapers - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
		Invisible Man is a story told through the eyes of the narrator, a Black man struggling in a White culture.
		Brother Tarp's imprisonment was for standing up to a White man. He was punished for his defiance and attempt to assert his individuality.
		Additionally, the chain not only serves as a reminder of Tarp's fight against slavery, but is ultimately used as a weapon of defiance and an implement of strength, as it is used by the narrator during a riot.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/986.php (1257 words)

	The Invisible Man: Classic Monster Collection (1933)
		The Invisible Man appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Ultimately, The Invisible Man doesn't look terrible for its age, but it does leave a lot to be desired.
		Although The Invisible Man isn't a great horror film, it's a very fun and clever one that works well almost seven decades after its original release.
	www.dvdmg.com /invisibleman.shtml (1526 words)

	Greatest Films Site Reviews (Archives)
		Greatest Films boasts lengthy, in-depth reviews of classics ranging from "Casablanca" and "Gone With The Wind" to "All About Eve" to "The Godfather" and "Taxi Driver" as well as sections containing descriptions of film genres (everything from musicals to film noir to horror and sci-fi) and famous film quotes.
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