Al LaValley

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) is a low-budget science fiction film that has become a classic. In his introduction to this volume, Al LaValley explores the politics of the original author of the magazine serial story on which the film is based, Don Siegel; and of its screenwriter, Daniel Mainwaring. For students and individual enthusiasts, the contextual materials are particularly interesting in showing how crucial the postproduction history of a film can be.