Arriving four years after the attack on the Twin Towers, Spielberg’s loose adaptation of the HG Wells classic – which turned 20 this week – utilised 9/11 imagery and a very era-specific sense of American panic to tell the story of an alien invasion. Many championed it. Others found it tasteless, writes Al Horner
How War of the Worlds became Spielberg’s most controversial movie: ‘He lost his sense of decency’ … from the Independent Al Horner
