Apocalypse-Cinema : 2012 and Other Ends of the World /

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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
Main Author: Szendy, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science fiction films.
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
PHILOSOPHY > Criticism.
Films de science-fiction > Histoire et critique.
Fin du monde au cinema.
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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 (176 pages).
ISBN:9780823264841

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