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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).
Summary
Movie audiences know exactly how the world will end because popular cinema has never stopped rehearsing the apocalypse. Stephen Prince illuminates the appeal of apocalypse cinema, its roots in literary and religious tradition, its presence throughout cinema history, and the existential fears and anxieties that motivate it.
