Francis died in 2011; she was suffering from lung cancer that was diagnosed on 2007 and later she was attacked by pancreatic cancer that led to her death in 2011, Anne died at the age of 80.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Granted, other science fiction films, like Metropolis 1927 , had been wrapped around messages, but few had been as elegant as The Day the Earth Stood Still, ending most often in heavy-handed allegory rather than powerful messages.
Francis writes: 'There wasn't a restaurant, lounge or showroom in any major hotel where I could pick up a tab.
I chose the wrong men for the wrong reasons.
I needed to put humor into my book.