During the SONG we see snatches of the films mentioned in SONG. They look old and scratched and they are INTERCUT with flashes of white screen, burnt celluloid, etc.
SONG: "Science Fiction Double Feature"
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - THE END SEQUENCE OF THE ROBOT CARRYING THE HERO
VOICE OVER
Michael Rennie was ill.
The day the earth stood still
But he told us where we stand
WIPE TO:
FLASH GORD
look like.
I incorporated a concept that would ultimately result in my leaving the project over creative issues with Jon Peters. The concept was the rough filmmaking style of Czechoslovakian animator Jan Svankmajer.
Despite the fact that I had shown a very enthusiastic Lorenzo DiBonaventura (big cheese at Warners, and a genuinely cool guy) my references (Svankmajers "Alice" and Polanskis "Rosemar
Slow motion. Armed troops in black uniforms pour out of unmarked vans and swarm across a lawn in a middle class residential neighborhood. Yuppie neighbours look on in shock, confused. Two of the troops carry a battering ram to the front door of a white two-storey house. A leashed Rottweiler snarls and barks. In position, their comrades point M-16s into first-floor windows, ready to be ambushed. P
Looking up at the doctor)
Well, the universe is everything, and if
its expanding, someday it will break apart
and that would be the end of everything!
Disgusted, his mother looks at him.
MOTHER
(shouting)
What is that your business?
(she turns back to the doctor)
He stopped doing his homework.
ALVY
Whats the point?
MOTHER
(Excited, gesturing with her hands)
What has the universe got to do with it