{"id":39124,"date":"2017-08-14T11:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39124"},"modified":"2021-02-03T09:38:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T16:38:13","slug":"creation-of-the-humanoids-the-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39124","title":{"rendered":"Creation of the Humanoids, The (1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why is it that the more we become like men, the more they hate us for it?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-the-Humanoids-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-the-Humanoids-Poster-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-the-Humanoids-Poster-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-the-Humanoids-Poster-128x100.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-the-Humanoids-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter a nuclear holocaust in which robots (referred to as &#8220;Clickers&#8221;) have begun to outnumber humans, a scientist (Don Doolittle) works with two renegade Clickers (George Milan and Dudley Manlove) to create increasingly human-like androids; meanwhile, the head of an underground anti-Clicker society known as the Order of Flesh and Blood (Don Megowan) &#8212; whose sister (Frances McCann) is living &#8220;in rapport&#8221; with a Clicker (David Cross) &#8212; falls in love with a beautiful scientist (Erica Elliott) he feels eerily connected to.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Androids and Clones<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Robots<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps best known as one of Andy Warhol&#8217;s favorite films, this low-budget sci-fi post-holocaust flick is &#8212; as DVD Savant writes &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1962crea.html\">&#8220;one weird movie&#8221;<\/a>. In addition to featuring, shall we say, unexceptional performances, it&#8217;s incredibly talky (and literate), coming across more like a staged play than a cinematic experience; DVD Savant notes that it may have less than 100 camera set-ups and is comprised of only 4 to 5 major scenes (and this reviewer admits to falling asleep late at night during my attempted first viewing). However, what&#8217;s actually said is bold and interesting enough to capture one&#8217;s attention, and worth listening to closely. To cite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1962crea.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> once again: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The film&#8217;s political sophistication is still timely. The Order of Flesh and Blood is a radical minority that wields undue political power. It espouses a reactionary definition of &#8220;human-ness&#8221; and seeks to destroy inferior imitations, an aim that seems chauvinistic and &#8220;racist&#8221; considering that mankind is dying out and needs its robots. Members of The Order wear Civil War Confederate uniform pants and caps, suggesting the Civil Rights issue; the word &#8220;Clicker&#8221; is a demeaning epithet comparable to the &#8220;N&#8221; word. The Order also carries a ceremonial dagger, as did the Nazi elite. It uses thug tactics to intimidate ordinary policemen, and plants bombs like modern terrorists. The worst horror Cragis [Megowan] can imagine is mechanized miscegenation, a mixed marriage between human and robot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Savant&#8217;s entire insightful review is worth reading, so I humbly refer readers there for more in-depth analysis. Also worth noting are the starkly minimalist and brightly colored sets, as well as the effective make-up done on the Clickers, whose eyes are (literally) piercingly silver behind enormous contact lenses. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effectively minimalist sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets.png 634w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets2.png 634w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Sets2-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jack Pierce&#8217;s make-up designs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-Humanoids-Clicker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-Humanoids-Clicker.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-Humanoids-Clicker.png 634w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-Humanoids-Clicker-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-of-Humanoids-Clicker-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hal Mohr&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Cinematography.png 634w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Cinematography-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Creation-Humanoids-Cinematography-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An unusually literate script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, as a curiosity &#8212; but be sure to watch it when you&#8217;re wide awake and can focus. Listed as a Camp Classic and a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055872\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3616&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/creation-of-the-humanoids-1962.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1962crea.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why is it that the more we become like men, the more they hate us for it?&#8221; Synopsis: After a nuclear holocaust in which robots (referred to as &#8220;Clickers&#8221;) have begun to outnumber humans, a scientist (Don Doolittle) works with two renegade Clickers (George Milan and Dudley Manlove) to create increasingly human-like androids; meanwhile, the head of an underground anti-Clicker society known as the Order of Flesh and Blood (Don Megowan) &#8212; whose sister (Frances McCann) is living &#8220;in rapport&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39124\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39124"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68289,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39124\/revisions\/68289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}