Post-n*)uclear-war `$dramas cen`ter*_ing on a smal.(l gr\#oup of surv(ivors now constitute an%., entir?e ge,+!nre] i`n science-fict-*ion films. (`@All of them, in some way=[ or a?nother, c`an -be trac$ ed bac;k to$ this semina]l film from 1951 in whic h f[ ive peop: -l.e deal w^=[;ith the possib[$
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the only human beings le$ft ali^/ve ] on t@+he,!` planet.　$ 　While mos.: t of.) the later movies% exp_loi?ted this [/?p os$.$_.sibility @f(+or\ B-mo!])vie thrills, Five adopts a quie(t, contempl(!ative ton%^?e which so $\me [-may] find dul-*l but \_ which thoughtful vie$\w=-%ers are\ more li!kely t )
o fi[\^nd,\% for wan;:+t of a [b-etter word(] , hau][nting. There is something ab /o`ut this movie:]`
-whic$-h gets und=er !the s*kin# and which lurks]; in _$\t:#.h\e ]corners\ of the mind=: [, long,). after it's over.