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movie inspired by then Velikovsky fad


Velikovsky, Jewish-Russian intellectual, psychologist and writer, published in 1950 a book: WORLDS IN COLLISION, which spurred a series of 'collision' movies.
In order to justify accounts of catastrophes in ancient literature -both Jewish & non-Jewish-, Velikovsky explained a series of planetary catastrophes such as planets crossing orbits, Venus being originally a comet, Earth as former satellite of a proto-planet. Naturally he was never taken seriously and mostly acted later in life as new age guru for those who read his theories figuratively.

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He gets a reference in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) when Veronica Cartwright chats with a very strange (changed?) customer.

IMDb trivia:
During the mud bath scene, a man suggests that Nancy (VC) read a book titled "Worlds In Collision" by Immanuel Velikovsky. The book was published in 1950 and spent 11 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list. However, the book was met with overwhelming rejection of its thesis by the scientific community.



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Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC

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