@inbook{32b228992f10438788ab64881884df4d,
title = "The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951) – Alienating the Aliens",
abstract = "The science fiction cult classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), inspired by a 1940 Harry Bates short story, scripted by Edmund H. North, and directed by Robert Wise, concerned the UFO arrival of a noble, extra-terrestrial humanoid Klaatu (Michael Rennie), a superior biological mirror of humankind who subtextually functioned as a Christ-figure to underpin this saviour tale (Kozlovic 2021a). Klaatu was making official first contact with humanity as the alien emissary of an interplanetary Federation of intelligent worlds; along with robot policeman Gort (Lock Martin), his silvery metal companion, protector, and intergalactic peacekeeper.",
keywords = "aliens, popular culture, cinema, film, science fiction literature, war",
author = "Kozlovic, {Anton Karl}",
year = "2024",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781800798953",
series = "Genre fiction and film companions",
publisher = "Peter Lang",
pages = "205--215",
editor = "Elana Gomel and Simon Bacon",
booktitle = "Aliens",
}