More broadly, “The Andromeda Strain” slots into the categories of dystopian SF and conspiracy noir – both popular in the ’70s. This and other specifics of scientific research – and the newfangled notion of computers assisting the process – are fascinating enough to Gidding and Wise (and perhaps some viewers) that they are worth lingering upon. It’s not the best way to build suspense, but maybe it was different enough to be compelling 50 years ago.Īs with the only slow part of Crichton’s book, a lot of time is spent showing the quartet moving through the sterilization locks of the five-level Wildfire bunker. When the two scientists investigate the town of Piedmont (changed from Arizona to New Mexico for no apparent reason), one side of the screen shows them peering into homes and the other side shows a snapshot of the corpse therein. Director Robert Wise gives us an early example of multiple images in a frame.
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