Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (Watch the Skies!)

Following the end of World War II, new kinds of enemies appeared, those that could not be seen such as the atom or the fear of the unknown such as that resulting from the cold war. Movies became metaphors for those fears and science fiction films took many forms. In this film, directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the importance of science fiction films and the influence of the genre.