#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 5: Someone named Scott for #NationalScottDay

Despite its sensationalist pulpy title and #ColdWar premise, Jack Arnold's adaptation of the #RichardMatheson novel is an existentialist treatise.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) plays with the understanding of what it means to be acknowledged as a human, and one's place in the world. The story is told through the eyes of the titular Shrinking Man – Scott Carey – who after being exposed to strange fog, finds himself increasingly lost in this world.

It's phenomenal and I can only recommend it.

#film #SciFi #drama #GrantWilliams #JackArnold #existentialism #phenomenology #psychology #philosophy @film

#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 5: Someone named Scott for #NationalScottDay

Despite its sensationalist pulpy title and #ColdWar premise, Jack Arnold's adaptation of the #RichardMatheson novel is an existentialist treatise.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) plays with the understanding of what it means to be acknowledged as a human, and one's place in the world. The story is told through the eyes of the titular Shrinking Man – Scott Carey – who after being exposed to strange fog, finds himself increasingly lost in this world.

It's phenomenal and I can only recommend it.

#film ##SciFi #drama #GrantWilliams #JackArnold #existentialism #phenomenology #psychology #philosophy @film