The Fly Reaction Paper

Although I did not expect much from The Fly, knowing that it was made in 1958, I was quite surprised to see that it was quite interesting and entertaining after all. The writers did well in showing the murder first then elaborating the plot by doing a flashback which is narrated by the main woman, the wife of the man murdered. This draws in the audience and makes them want to watch the movie and pay attention, and this is what happened when I was watching the film.

Also, the plot itself is very interesting. We get a glimpse of the life of a scientist and in this case, we see how Francois Delambre is so immersed in his work that he, from my interpretation, kind of develops an obsessive behavior for his experiments and somewhat ignores or does not give as much importance to his family. And this is the reason why I think this film is a morality play.

In addition, I believe that Francois’s attitude towards his work applies to most scientists since most of them dedicated their whole lives to science. And this is where their view for the conduct of science comes in. One of the scenes that really stuck with me during the film is when the kid’s uncle was explaining why his brother, the kid’s dad, died. It was when he said, he died doing the most dangerous but noblest thing for humanity, “the search for the truth.”

The Fly also gives us an idea of how the people in the 50’s had great dreams for the future, with amazing breakthroughs in science like Francois’s teleporter. And it shows that people then were very optimistic and had high hopes for the science and technology possibilities in the future.

Hasmin Gaile D. Gavica

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