The apocalypse on the big screen has expanded beyond the familiar end-of-the-world movies. Romantic comedies, teen adventures and even children's films frequently feature apocalyptic imagery--disintegrating cities, extreme weather events, extinctions, rogue military forces, epidemics, zombie armies and worlds colliding. Using sophisticated CGI effects, filmmakers are depicting the end of the world ever more stunningly. The authors explore the phenomenon of the cinematic apocalypse and its origins in both our anxieties and our real-world events, and they identify some flashes of hope in the desolate landscape.…mehr
The apocalypse on the big screen has expanded beyond the familiar end-of-the-world movies. Romantic comedies, teen adventures and even children's films frequently feature apocalyptic imagery--disintegrating cities, extreme weather events, extinctions, rogue military forces, epidemics, zombie armies and worlds colliding. Using sophisticated CGI effects, filmmakers are depicting the end of the world ever more stunningly. The authors explore the phenomenon of the cinematic apocalypse and its origins in both our anxieties and our real-world events, and they identify some flashes of hope in the desolate landscape.
Elizabeth A. Ford is a professor emerita at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She lives in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Dark Themes and Images of Disaster 1. Envisioning the Apocalypse 2. Coming of Age in Post-Apocalyptic Worlds 3. Speaking to Them, Speaking to Us 4. Why Super 8 Can't Be E.T. 5. The Difficulty of Framing a Real Apocalypse 6. The Apocalyptic Landscape of Love 7. Hollywood's Doomsday-Prepper Backpacks 8. Emmerich's Apocalyptic Visions of Shakespeare in Anonymous 9. The New Superhero Dynamic Conclusion: Towards Our Better Selves Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Dark Themes and Images of Disaster 1. Envisioning the Apocalypse 2. Coming of Age in Post-Apocalyptic Worlds 3. Speaking to Them, Speaking to Us 4. Why Super 8 Can't Be E.T. 5. The Difficulty of Framing a Real Apocalypse 6. The Apocalyptic Landscape of Love 7. Hollywood's Doomsday-Prepper Backpacks 8. Emmerich's Apocalyptic Visions of Shakespeare in Anonymous 9. The New Superhero Dynamic Conclusion: Towards Our Better Selves Bibliography Index
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