Indeed, you are right. But, Henry, that wasn't my point. My point
was that there are perhaps films that are analysable from the point of
view of philosophy of mind zombie literature (which Aaron suggested
was separate from and did not apply to zombie films as a genre).
Hence placing the word 'zombie' in tentative quotation marks in
describing Invasion....
Now, I realise that a literal reading of both films means that these
pod people and androids aren't 'the same' people as their original
models at all.
But, both films lend themselves to more metaphorical readings -
Invasion... being seemingly at times a sort of McCarthy-era
anti-Communist rant ("Communism is a disease! It takes over your mind
and turns you into a pinko lefty!"); Stepford..., meanwhile, is
perhaps at the nexus of "we're all turning into machines!" (with the
battle of the sexes thrown in for good measure).
As such, whilst not strictly in the 'zombie genre' they are perhaps
worthy of consideration from the point of view of philosophy of mind
zombie literature (as Aaron described it)...
Does that make sense?
w
> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:00:36 +0100
> From: Henry Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: FILM-PHILOSOPHY Digest - 18 Feb 2007 to 19 Feb 2007 (#2007-50)
>
> Those aren't zombies, they're pod people (or pods) - a whole
> different ball game. In the Stepford Wives, too, we're not dealing
> with zombies, but with androids (robots).
>
> Henry
>
>
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