The History of Sci-Fi Cinema Part I - The 1920s & 30s

COMMON THEMES
of Science Fiction of the 20s & 30s

class, socioeconomic, and political  roles and the burden of the 'everyman'





man's inhumanity to man





man's inner evil

TYPICAL STYLES

of Science Fiction of the 20s & 30s

German Expressionism

Art Deco

QUINTESSENTIAL TONE

of Science Fiction of the 20s & 30s

melodramatic