The Time Machine (1960 Film) Literary Elements

The Time Machine (1960 Film) Literary Elements

Director

George Pal

Leading Actors/Actresses

Rod Taylor

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux

Genre

Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

Language

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar: Best Effects - Special Effects

Date of Release

1960

Producer

George Pal

Setting and Context

London 1899, 1940, 1966 and 800,000 years into the future

Narrator and Point of View

POV is that of George

Tone and Mood

Dramatic, serious

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist is George. Antagonists are war and the Morlocks

Major Conflict

George has invented a time machine and gone 800,000 years into the future where man has devolved.

Climax

George returns to his current time in 1900 where his friends have a hard time believing his attempt to go into the future is real.

Foreshadowing

George returning from the future in the beginning of the film foreshadows that he will make it back, but having gone through hell to do so.

Understatement

It is understated that George will return to Weena rather than stay in 1900 London.

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

The use of stop motion to create the special effects for time travel.

Allusions

The film is an allusion to time being a dimension in which mankind can travel, along with other concepts developed in the source novel of the same name by H.G. Wells.

Paradox

George tells Weena that he is a man that is out of place in her world. Paradoxically, he chooses to travel back to her at the end of the film.

Parallelism

George's return from the future early in the film is paralleled at the end of the film.

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