ɪn hɪz baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi ʌv stˈænli kˈʌbɹɪk, ˈɔːθɚ dʒˈɑːn bˈækstɚ tɹˈeɪsᵻz kˈʌbɹɪks ˈɪntɹɛst ɪn sˈaɪəns fˈɪkʃən fˈɪlmz, wˌɪtʃ lˈɛd tə hɪz tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn: ɐ spˈeɪs ˈɑːdɪsi, tə ðə dʒˌæpənˈiːz kˈaɪdʒuː fˈɪlmz ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ wˈɔːɹnɪŋ fɹʌm spˈeɪs, wɪð ɪts "nˈeɪmləs tˈuːmˈiːɾɚtˈɔːl blˈæk stˈɑːɹfɪʃ wɪð ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl sˈɛntɹəl ˈaɪ, hˌuː wˈɔːk ˈɛn pˈɔɪnt lˈaɪk bælˈeɪ dˈænsɚz."
In his biography of Stanley Kubrick, author John Baxter traces Kubrick's interest in science fiction films, which led to his 2001: A Space Odyssey, to the Japanese kaiju films of the 1950s, including Warning from Space, with its "nameless two-metre-tall black starfish with a single central eye, who walk en pointe like ballet dancers."