Regarding the  query  on scientists on screen, and  to  a  lesser

          extent  those  on  an  sf  course  and  filmic utopias,  I  would

          suggest--being  a  Jules  Verne enthusiast--that  the  archetypes

          developed  in   his  books  and   the  screen  adaptations  might

          demonstrate some  of these forms  in useful ways. Most obviously,

          there  is  the inventor and  lone avenger, Captain Nemo,  in  the

          myriad versions, including silents, of  20,000 LEAGUES UNDER  THE

          SEA  and MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. CAPTAIN NEMO AND  THE UNDERWATER CITY

          also  offers  an interesting cinematic variation in  an  original

          story for  the screen, portraying, generally positively, a  cross

          between Shangri-La and Great Society, with Nemo  in  the style of

          an undersea LBJ. A  very similar character to  the more classical

          Nemo,  but  one  who  is  less withdrawn and  is simultaneously a

          militant pacifist, appears  in  MASTER  OF  THE  WORLD (1961).  A

          wholly  different portrayal, scientist  as  explorer, appears  in

          JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, and although there have again

          been  many versions, the  1959 movie offers the  most  from  this

          angle. FROM THE EARTH TO  THE MOON (1958) offers only bizarre and

          inconsistent characters widely divergent from  the  novels.  More

          can  be found in  my chapter on  Verne movies in  The Jules Verne

          Encyclopedia, to be published Scarecrow early next year.

          Brian Taves

          Motion Picture Division, Library of Congress

                                 Tavesmail.loc.gov