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FILM STUDIES: Science vs imagination: the cinematic vision of H G Wells

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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20050508
Author:DAVID THOMSON

If Herbert George Wells had ever faltered in life as a producer of words, ideas and books " and there is no evidence that he did " then he had an enormous gift in that, when he was just 29, in 1895, the world invented moving pictures. 'Moving pictures!' cries Wells, electrified at his desk. 'What a terrific thing!' If you want to give life to this scene, you can cast Malcolm McDowell as Wells " just as he was in Time After Time (1979), with a fierce shrub of moustache, spectacles and Edwardian clothes. That film, made by Nicholas Meyer, was a version of The Time Machine in which H G's pursuit ...

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