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3 unusual facts about The Day the Earth Caught Fire


Arthur Christiansen

he was cast as the editor of the Daily Express in the Fleet Street-based sci-fi thriller The Day the Earth Caught Fire.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

News media - "We see a media landscape that is largely defined through the press and its heavy-duty Gutenberg technology, and a political landscape that is defined through the Cold War... The bustling newsroom with its exhorting wall poster slogans (Go for IMPACT!) is a nexus of conflicting information and misinformation, conjecture and rumour as the hacks try to get an angle on freak weather conditions in the silly season."

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The film, which was partly made on location in London and Brighton, used matte painting to create images of abandoned cities and desolate landscapes.



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