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[via Life of Brian]A day like this, October the 30th, in 1938, a 23-year old Orson Welles terrorized without any intention the population of New York and New Jersey while performing one of his historic radio broadcast. This was the beginning of the power of Mass Media communication.
The impressive novel by H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds was adapted as a news broadcast and many listeners get confused by the situation. It was a martian invasion, something almost impossible but WWII were ready to explode. The Common American fear the possibility of a new confrontation and a little of imagination did all the rest.
The impressive novel by H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds was adapted as a news broadcast and many listeners get confused by the situation. It was a martian invasion, something almost impossible but WWII were ready to explode. The Common American fear the possibility of a new confrontation and a little of imagination did all the rest.
Tonnerre de Brest adds to the celebration of this 70th anniversary and recommends a visit to the most complete Web site about this novel and its repercussions in all the arts and its impact in society.
In Spain, there is an interesting homage that could be quite interesting. The complete novel would be read by our most notable broadcasters.
There are many videos in YouTube that have recordings of this radio broad cast. Here is the embed of part one of one of them.
[via Huisoflondon]
And, if have time, enjoy the reading of this fantastic novel in Project Gutemberg.
4 comments:
Interesting post, Valentin. Did I tell you I'm also a fan of Orson Welles and H.G.Wells?
Why it doesn't surprise me, Mr. Urko? We have many things in common.
As always, your good taste precedes you.
Boy, it is fun to comment in english to someone that writes so well in spanish. I love playing, he, he!!
Well, English is a madness -and a passion- of mine, you know. :DD
I guess yours too.
And you have guessed right.
English is a passion of mine too.
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