The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, dir. Robert Wise) (via) “Number one, it was (for once) an alien from outer space who was not an evil alien. Also, it was a science fiction film set on Earth here, and I thought that was marvelous. I liked the setting, the fact that it was in Washington, the heart of our country. I thought that made it very real, very believable, very mundane. I tried to heighten that with my casting, too. I wanted to make it just as credible and believable as it could possibly be, and I think that is one of its strengths.” -Robert Wise, quoted in Tom Weaver’s It Came from Weaver Five

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, dir. Robert Wise) (via)

“Number one, it was (for once) an alien from outer space who was not an evil alien. Also, it was a science fiction film set on Earth here, and I thought that was marvelous. I liked the setting, the fact that it was in Washington, the heart of our country. I thought that made it very real, very believable, very mundane. I tried to heighten that with my casting, too. I wanted to make it just as credible and believable as it could possibly be, and I think that is one of its strengths.”

-Robert Wise, quoted in Tom Weaver’s It Came from Weaver Five