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ANCHOR COMPACT THE COLD WAR IN SCIENCE FICTIO...

This study will compare the USSR and the United States according to their cinematic use of
science fiction in the late 1950s and 1960s in order to coincide with the period of
de-Stalinisation and thaw in the USSR  and late McCarthyism in the United States. The genre
provides an opportunity to express the two powers' scientific stand-off through fiction  and
serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of ideas and propaganda. Post-1956 marks the time
when the period of de-Stalinisation officially began and science fiction saw a carefully
crafted rebirth for it served as a tool that could reflect the socialist ideal and
quasi-religious faith in science that was promoted by the party. Science fiction uniquely
demands for an imaginative view of the future  and therefore  corresponds with the Marxist-
Leninist future-oriented ideology. For this period  the themes for American science fiction are
hyperbolised monsters and invasion  and reflect the fear of the otherness of the Soviet Union 
and its threat on domestic ideals. These themes are reflected in movies as 'Angry Red Planet' 
and 'Them!'. On the other hand  Soviet science fiction movies focus on the heroic Soviet man
who frequently receives calls for help from outer space  and overcomes great trials to save
those not living in utopia. This storyline is represented in 'Towards a Dream'  and 'The Sky is
calling'. The author gives special attention to the Soviet movie 'The Sky is calling' and the
subsequent redubbed American version 'Battle beyond the Sun'. Further  she addresses
alterations or plot  and subtle propaganda messages in the Soviet movies 'Planet of Storms' 
and the Hollywood remake 'Journey to the Prehistoric Planet'.

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