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Apocalypse-cinema is not only the end of time that has so often been staged as spectacle in films like '2012', 'The Day After Tomorrow', and 'Terminator'. By looking at blockbusters that play with general annihilation while also paying close attention to films like ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Szendy, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Fin du monde au cinéma.
Films de science-fiction > Histoire et critique.
PHILOSOPHY > Criticism.
Apocalypse in motion pictures
Science fiction films
Apocalypse.
Countdown.
Speculative Realism.
cineworld.
deconstruction.
film.
nihilism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Apocalypse-cinema is not only the end of time that has so often been staged as spectacle in films like '2012', 'The Day After Tomorrow', and 'Terminator'. By looking at blockbusters that play with general annihilation while also paying close attention to films like 'Melancholia', 'Cloverfield', 'Blade Runner', and 'Twelve Monkeys', this book suggests that in the apocalyptic genre, film gnaws at its own limit.
Item Description:"This book was originally published in French as Peter Szendy, L'apocalypse-cinema: 2012 et autres fin du"--Title page verso
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823264841
082326484X
9780823264834
0823264831
0823264807
9780823264803
0823264815
9780823264810
9780823266845
0823266842

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