Why I had not heard about The Day the Earth Caught Fire before this? It is one of the best science fiction movies from 60's and I had not seen the name anywhere before this. Is it because it is not American movie but a British one?
The Day the Earth Caught Fire starts with news reporter walking in post apocalyptic city. He is going to office to write what had happened. Flashbacks tell us what has happened previous days and what happened to Earth. 50's science fiction movies told stories from scientists point of view and from the center of the story.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire follows news reporter who was given task to write about sun spots and how they cause strange weather they are having. He tries to contact scientists but they throw him out. That is last moment we see scientists in this movie. Scientists don't want truth to be told because it is too horrible.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire never goes to center of the story where scientist try to figure out what has happened and how to fix it. Movie follows normal people like the news reporter who live like nothing major has happened and later figure what is really going on. It follows normal people living their life in world turning into waste land.
I am not going to spoil the ending. It is quite powerful and made movie much better. There is no flip of a switch which makes everything better. We don't actually see what will happen next. Neither does the characters. This makes movie's message more powerful.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire is not only one of the best science fiction movies from 60's. It is also one of the all time best science fiction movies. It is shame it is not better known and people don't see it because of that.
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