Thing From Another World (ej svensk text)

An American scientific expedition, set up in the North Pole, discovers a UFO crashed in the icecap. Inside is a frozen extra-terrestrial visitor. The scientists take the ice block back to the military station, but the heat brings the alien back to life... Although the production was achieved by this faithful editor Christian Nyby, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD is, without a doubt, the product of Hawks creative genius. The director applied his lucid classicism, witnessed in “His Girl Friday” and “Red River”, to a brand new genre. In this story, which illustrates the conflict between scientific curiosity and the protection of humankind, Hawks' sets up the foundation of science-fiction movie-making, influencing a myriad of directors, including John Carpenter, who remade it as “The Thing” in 1982.