SCI-FI FILM FIESTA –THE SWINGIN’ 60s - Volume 1: “Eve of Destruction” (FREE eBook)

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SCI-FI FILM FIESTA –THE SWINGIN’ 60s - 

Volume 1: “Eve of Destruction” 

(FREE eBook)

• What happens when civilization realizes it may not survive the week?
• What happens when science outruns wisdom?
• What happens when governments withhold the truth?
• What happens when ordinary people are forced to confront the end of everything they know?

Welcome to Volume 1 of SCI-FI FILM FIESTA — The Swingin' 60s: "Eve of Destruction," an exploration of Cold War science fiction at its most urgent, intelligent and unsettling!

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A Journey to the Edge of Oblivion

The 1960s marked a dramatic shift in science fiction cinema. Gone were the reassuring alien invasions of the 1950s, where heroes restored order and the threat was neatly contained. In their place came something far more disturbing……..

The REAL enemy was US!

In Eve of Destruction, you’ll encounter films that grapple with:

• Nuclear brinkmanship.
• Media responsibility and government secrecy.
• Civil defense paranoia.
• Scientific hubris.
• Social breakdown under pressure.
• The fragile psychology of survival.

These are not merely “old movies.” They are cultural time capsules — reflections of an era when the Doomsday Clock ticked ominously close to midnight and the unthinkable felt frighteningly plausible. (Check out the Doomsday Clock setting for 2025-6! and ask yourself, why?)) These films do indeed remain startlingly relevant.

More Than Film Reviews

This volume is not just a collection of reviews and commentary. It is a deep dive into the ideas behind the films — the anxieties, politics, and moral questions that shaped them. Each entry explores:

• Historical context
• Thematic analysis
• Cultural significance
• Creative Immersion into the plots
• Points of interest for modern audiences

Accompanying the film discussions is a carefully curated resource section for readers who wish to explore further — from Cold War history to documentary realism and nuclear-age philosophy.

Whether you are a lifelong science fiction enthusiast, a student of film history, or simply intrigued by how previous generations imagined the end of the world, this volume offers insight, atmosphere and thoughtful reflection.

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Eve of Destruction is only the first instalment of the second multi-volume Sci-Fi Film Fiesta series. This time it comprises an ongoing exploration of a most fascinating era of science fiction film-making – The Swingin’ 60s’s!

If you enjoy thoughtful film analysis, cultural history, and a touch of apocalyptic drama, this series is for you.

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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun / Doppelgänger (1969)

A stylish and thought-provoking but quite dark sci-fi film with some great sequences and special effects. The film raises some interesting questions about the conflict between science and politics

Well, dear reader, it wasn’t all that long ago when we fare-welled our look at the sc-fi films of the 1950s. Now, a few years later with the following post we’ll be taking our leave of the sci-fi films of the 1960s and what a journey that has been. For this post I have decided to take a fair bit of license by constructing a ‘What if?’ scenario while maintaining the essential plot elements of the film. In fact, if you watch the film again after reading this post, it seems to acquire quite a sinister feel to it. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.


Directed by Robert Parrish
Screenplay by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, Donald James
Story by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson
Produced by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson
Cinematography John Read
Edited by Len Walter
Music by Barry Gray
Production company: Century 21 Cinema Productions
Distributed by The Rank Organisation (UK), Universal Pictures (International)
Running time: 101 minutes

Cast

Roy Thinnes as Colonel Glenn Ross
Ian Hendry as Dr John Kane
Patrick Wymark as Jason Webb
Lynn Loring as Sharon Ross
Loni von Friedl as Lise Hartman
Franco De Rosa as Paulo Landi
George Sewell as Mark Neuman
Ed Bishop as David Poulson
Philip Madoc as Dr Pontini
Vladek Sheybal as Dr Beauville
George Mikell as Dr Bernhardt Brisson
Herbert Lom as Dr Kurt Hassler

Uncredited:

Keith Alexander as Launch Controller
Edward Cast as Security Vaults Sergeant
Peter Burton as Medical Technician
Anthony Chinn as Air-Sea Rescue Crew Member
Nicholas Courtney as Medical Technician
Arnold Diamond as Clavel (Paris delegate)
Cy Grant as Dr Gordon
Constantine Gregory as Launch Control Technician
Annette Kerr as Nurse
Martin King as Dove Service Technician
Basil Moss as Assistant Doctor
Norma Ronald as Pam Kirby
John Stone as London Delegate
Jeremy Wilkin as Launch Control Technician

Trailer

In The year 2069, one hundred years after mankind’s first manned moon landing, the European Space Exploration Council sends two astronauts on a joint European-NASA mission to investigate a mysterious planet located on the opposite side of the sun.

After only 3 weeks, followed by a disastrous crash-landing, one of the two-man crew awakes to to find himself immersed in a mysterious and unsettling set of circumstances.

Eventually he begins putting the pieces of a puzzle together only to discover that things are not as they seem……..

Read on for more.....