Review of The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) by Steve A — 09 Apr 2008

"it's never too late for a good story, well written" - this line is uttered by a character late in the piece and it seems to sum up the whole film. This is a ripping end-of-days yarn way ahead of its time told from the newsroom perspective in quintisential stiff-upper-lip British style.

The script is near perfect, with a cast of solid British stalwarts giving everything to the material. Controlled, considered camerawork so perfect as to be almost indetecable. A true classic and a masterpiece of modern cinema.