Monday, July 11, 2005

The movie's literary genealogy

I forgot to explain why the movie family were the "Robinsons".

Does anyone know about "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe? It was published in 1719.

To make a long story short, Robinson Crusoe was followed by Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss. That was followed by the science fiction series Space Family Robinson which was followed by the TV series Lost in Space.

Hollywood has been making a lot of films based on TV shows that baby boomers (e.g. me) remember from when we were young. Bewitched is the latest, but Lost in Space is typical, even to the extent of having members of the original TV cast play cameo roles in the film version.

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