Ten Essential Moments From Richard Matheson

jackie-chan
Contributor; Brazil
Richard Matheson's contribution to American arts and pop culture is huge: his career spanned more than six decades and helped to define science fiction, fantasy and horror as we know them today. A creative powerhouse and a masterful storyteller, Matheson was also a tremendous screenwriter and his contribution to the film and TV industries is impossible to measure: from AIP to Hammer, from Roger Corman to zillion-dollar blockbusters, from Rod Serling to Steven Spielberg, Matheson's name was almost always associated to great talent and memorable stories. Here are a few of the highlights of a brilliant and influential career.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Matheson’s breakthrough in the industry was this adaptation of his own novel, The Shrinking Man - the producers later added the “incredible” to the title (“My feeling is, it’s already pretty incredible that a guy is shrinking. Why add the adjective?”, remarked the author). Matheson penned the script himself after forcing the producers that wanted to option his novel to let him do it. Released in 1957, Jack Arnold’s masterpiece is a landmark of 50’s sci-fi, filled with ingenious special effects and a closing speech that add to a powerful emotional ending that still catch viewers by surprise.

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