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The Time Machine (1960): The History of the Eloi and the Morlocks

In Part 3 of my four-part review, we look at the difference the Cold War made to how the Eloi and the Morlocks are portrayed

In the 1895 novel, Wells was working out a Communist-inspired theory of evolution but the 1960 film’s screenwriters chose an anti-war narrative instead.

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The Time Machine (1960): The Evolution of the Future

Part 2: The movie portrays the Eloi — future humans — much differently from the film, probably because the script writers had different aims from those of H. G. Wells

The time traveler is alarmed to discover that all the knowledge and achievements of man have been lost and he almost despairs.

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