1971, a conversation – “The Andromeda Strain”

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. 

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Referenced media:

• “The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)
• “Jurassic Park” (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
• “The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018)
• “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
• “Wag the Dog” (Barry Levinson, 1997)
• “Natural Born Killers” (Oliver Stone, 1994)
• “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)
• “Magnificent Ambersons” (Orson Welles, 1942)
• “It’s All True” (Orson Welles, 1941-1942)
• “The Sound of Music” (Robert Wise, 1965)
• “West Side Story” (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)
• “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (Robert Wise, 1951)
• “Airport” (George Seaton, 1970)
• “Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978)
• “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Plato’s Stepchildren” (David Alexander, 1968), November 22, 1968, Episode 10 of Season three of “Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969)
• “The Thing from Another World” (Christian Nyby, 1951)
• “Wanda” (Barbara Loden, 1971)
• “Get Carter” (Mike Hodges, 1971)
• “THX 1138” (George Lucas, 1971)
• “Summer of ’42” (Robert Mulligan, 1971)
• “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)

Audio quotation:

• “The Andromeda Strain” (Robert Wise, 1971)
• Theme from “The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018), written by Mark Snow, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-GcS1UQyg
• “RUMSFELD / KNOWNS” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWeBzGuzCc