As the Earth Turns

A frustrated pacifist plans on using his weather altering machines to punish warring nations. The film is an ambitious semi-amateur production by Richard Lyford, unseen for decades, which resurfaced in 2020 and started making the festival circuit rounds. For what it is, 'As the Earth Turns' is pretty good. The special effects are amateurish but still impressive (for what is essentially a home movie) and no one could question the effort the 20 year-old filmmaker put into the production. There is some speculation that the film is a 'fake' artifact that was recently produced - anything is possible on film these days but (IMO) this cinematic conspiracy theory seems unlikely. Definitely watchable but primarily of interest to film historians and sci-fi life-listers.