a thing about machines

A Thing About Machines is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.

Details

Episode number: 40 Season: 2 Production code: Original airdate: October 28, 1960 Writer: Rod Serling Director: David Orrick McDearmon Producer: Buck Houghton Music:

Cast

Synopsis

An ill-tempered writer who reviles and constantly abuses machines starts to think machines are conspiring against him. The people he tells about this write him off as paranoid, but eventually every machine in his house (including his car) drive him to madness and death.

Trivia

Themes

Respect for even inanimate objects as well as the powers of technology seem to be central to this episode.

External link

TV Tome episode page

References

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