Apocalypse Cinema

Covering such films as Metropolis, Dr. Strangelove, Contagion, and Avengers: Endgame, this book provides a lively overview of apocalypse cinema, including alien invasion movies, nuclear annihilation stories, and films where nature itself threatens humanity through climate change or deadly diseases.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Sources and Traditions in Apocalyptic Cinema

2. Astrophobia

3. I'm Not Saying We Wouldn't Get Our Hair Mussed

4. The Revenge of Nature

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Works Cited

Index

About the author

STEPHEN PRINCE (1955 - 2020) was a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He authored numerous books, including Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality and A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki (both Rutgers University Press).

 

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Prince
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781978819856
• ISBN: 978-1-978819-85-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet