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Don G. Smith. H.G. Wells on Film: the Utopian Nightmare.(Book Review)

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From: Utopian Studies
Date: 20040101
Author:Burd, Gene

Don G. Smith. H.G. Wells on Film: The Utopian Nightmare.

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2002. vii + 197 pp. $39.95.

UTOPIAN THEMES in the (1895-1933) novels and short stories of H.G. Wells were largely diluted or omitted in their adaptation to (1909-1997) films, according to this discerning book by a professor of the history and philosophy of education. This diligent author found that the mutual cinema eagerness of both Wells and film-makers resulted in another failed tool to educate the movie-watching masses, who sought and got popular entertainment and special effects ...

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