When we start watching War of the Worlds we can see it is set in New York and this is a clear link to 9/11 as they're both in New York. When we first meet the Tripods they come from underneath us and when they first start up their engines sound like the start of plane engine and this is clear link between the film and post 9/11 as its saying that the equipment the terrorists is alien to us as its so evil and deadly. The fact that this scene is shot through a hand held recording camera and shot at an obscured angle represents the fact that people captured the whole event on their recording cameras. As they start to attack people, they shoot them and the people turn into grey smoke, this grey smoke represents the smoke that covered New York in the 9/11 and this shows fear of annihilation as people began running and screaming, trying to save their lives, it also links to the fear of others and people didn't know what was going on, who was attacking? Is it the aliens/terrorists? This scene represents allegory as it represents the attacks on 9/11.
When Ray returns home paranoia is shown as he is very jumpy and on edge, as a result of this his children become concerned and worried, becoming paranoid, this only reinforces the allegory that the tripods represent the terrorists.
The fact Rachael says "Is it the terrorists" shows it is a direct link to the terrorists who attacked on 9/11. This shows the heightened paranoia and how they're also afraid of others and annihilation. The scene in the basement with Olgilvy and Ray represents fear of others as in the end he has to kill Olgilvy for survival and in the 9/11 people thought irrationally and didn't know how to react.
Invasion the Body Snatchers reflects the time in which it was made in many ways. The film opens with the final scene of Miles panicking about a powerful force that audience is yet to see. The film then cuts to the beginning of Miles’ story and we come to realise that the film is narrated in a flashback. Miles is panicking and in a state of shock. The film opens with this panic to reflect the time and problems they had in American society. The entire nation was in the middle of the Red Scare and feared communism and McCarthy with his witch hunts underway. McCarthy scared the nation and the pods in the film are there to represent McCarthyism and how people just followed him due to fear. McCarthy represents an internal threat to people as his ideologies used to be a minority but he grew in power, like the pods in the film, they went from the minority to the majority. The film uses peoples fear and paranoia felt by most Americans.
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