Lileks on The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Let me be blunt: the idea that �Invasion� is a Cold War allegory is bunkum. Perhaps some thing �Invasion� is allegorical because it�s so damned straightforward, so clear, so lean. You can read anything into it.

That's the thing about the arts: people, particularly intellectuals, love to read stuff into them. Like my colleagues who see evidence of various modern Western leftist "subversive" thinking in classical Chinese literature. Feh.

Update It's like those remarks about High Noon.