Only it happened slowly instead of all at once. They didn’t seem to mind… All of us - a little bit - we harden our hearts, grow callous. Only when we have to fight to stay human do we realize how precious it is to us, how dear.” Such a line doesn’t seem necessary in a mere thriller without any sense of, at least some, social commentary.
Miles Bennell says, “In my practice, I’ve seen how people have allowed their humanity to drain away. Assuming Wikipedia is accurately referencing the novel, is this not a clear political subtext? Though the writers of the novel and the first film vehemently denied any allegory or political subtext surrounding the “ pod people,” one finds it irresistible to read such meaning into the story for however one may insist that the story was just meant as an entertaining thriller, there are subtle, if unconsciously given, meanings to be gleaned from it.Īccording to the Wikipedia article on the novel (sadly, without a source to verify it, so I have to take it on faith), a “pod person” tells a human that the latter’s race is no less parasitic than the former, what with man’s using up of resources, wiping out indigenous populations, and destroying ecosystems in order to survive. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is the name of the first two of four films based on Jack Finney‘s 1955 science fiction novel The Body Snatchers.
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