The Forbidden Planet

diane celia hodges (dchodges who-is-at interchg.ubc.ca)
Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:40:05 -0800

good news for you fans - I've heard now from two different sources that the
script for the 1950s sci-fi film-classic is, in actuality, based on
Shakespeare's "The Tempest"...

Walter Pidgeon being, of course, Prospero,
and the Id representing .... well, you get the point.

interesting though. how information like this can completely re-invent
my perspective of the film as 14-yr-old boy-sexist-tech-fantasy... I mean,

watching it again, as The Tempest, is quite extraordinary.

Something for a nerd to do on a rainy day eh?
diane :-)

"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right." Ani Difranco
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