Join host Nathalie Atkinson for a movie matinee and on-stage conversation with special guest Seth, the award-winning Canadian cartoonist, designer and artist. With a visual essay slide show, they will explore elements of the film’s art direction and inspirations—from Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism and 1940s industrial design to the genre design of spaceships, buried cities, interstellar costumes and, of course, Robby the Robot.

A rescue mission set in the 23rd century, loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s Tempest and filmed in Cinemascope colour, MGM’s brash and brassy first attempt at science fiction was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Effects. Door prizes courtesy The Beguiling

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Directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox

Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen

Production Design: Cedric Gibbons, Arthur Lonergan

Costume Design: Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose

Score: Bebe and Louis Baron

USA, Rated PG, 98 minutes

ABOUT SETH

Seth is the acclaimed Canadian cartoonist behind the comic book series PALOOKAVILLE. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeneys Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the The New Yorker, the Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries.

He is also Lemony Snicket's partner for the Young Readers series, All the Wrong Questions, and has illustrated and designed a new, deluxe edition of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a little Town. He is the designer for several classic comics reprint series, notably collections of work by Charles Schulz, John Stanley, and Doug Wright.