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The apocalypse in film : dystopias, disasters, and other visions about the end of the world / edited by Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Angela Krewani London: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, c2016.
Call No: 740.1 APOSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Lanham Rowman & LittlefieldPubDate: c2016PhysDes: xxii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Subject: APOCALYPSE IN FILMS ; DISASTER FILMS ; CIVILISATION (US, Raymond B. West, 1916) ; [FOUR] 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE (US, Rex Ingram, 1921) ; BED SITTING ROOM, THE (UK, Richard Lester, 1969) ; [DOCTOR] DR STRANGELOVE: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964) ; MELANCHOLIA (DK/SW/FR/G, Lars von Trier, 2011) ; OFFRET [SACRIFICE, THE] (SW/FR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986) Summary: We live in a world at risk. Dire predictions about our future or the demise of planet earth persist. Even fictional representations depict narratives of decay and the end of a commonly shared social reality. Along with recurring Hollywood blockbusters that imagine the end of the world, there has been a new wave of zombie features as well as independent films that offer various visions of the future.
The Apocalypse in Film: Dystopias, Disasters, and Other Visions about the End of the World offers an overview of Armageddon in film from the silent era to the present. This collection of essays discusses how such films reflect social anxieties—ones that are linked to economic, ecological, and cultural factors. Featuring a broad spectrum of international scholars specializing in different historical genres and methodologies, these essays look at a number of films, including the silent classic The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the black comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, the Mayan calendar disaster epic, 2012, and in particular, Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, the focus of several essays.
As some filmmakers translate the anxiety about a changing global climate and geo-political relations into visions of the apocalypse, others articulate worries about the planet’s future by depicting chemical warfare, environmental disasters, or human made destruction. This book analyzes the emergence of apocalyptic and dystopic narratives and explores the political and social situations on which these films are based. Contributing to the dialogue on dystopic culture in war and peace, The Apocalypse in Film will be of interest to scholars in film and media studies, border studies, gender studies, sociology, and political science. -- taken from publisher's siteNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781442260276Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2016Contents: Introduction / Karen A. Ritzenhoff and Angela Krewani -- THE EARLY DEPICTIONS OF DISASTER. World War One and Hollywood's First Modern Armageddon: Understanding Wartime and Post-Conflict Representations of a Global Cataclysm in Civilization (1916) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) / Cle´mentine Tholas-Disset -- The end of the world: loss and redemption in Four horsemen of the apocalypse / Karen Randell -- GLOBAL DEMISE AND COLD WAR. "Radiation's rising, but one mustn't grumble too much": nuclear apocalypse played as farce in Richard Lester's The bed-sitting room / Thomas Prasch -- The legacy of Dr. Strangelove: Stanley Kubrick, science fiction blockbusters and the future of humanity / Peter Kra¨mer -- "Gentleman, you can't fight in here": gender symbolism and the end of the world in Dr. Strangelove and Melancholia / Catriona Mcavoy -- MELANCHOLIA AND OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OF THE APOCALYSPE. Is there an end to it? fictional shelters and shelter-fiction / Solvejg Nitzke -- Melancholia and the apocalypse within / Pierre Floquet -- Eco apocalypse: environmentalism, political alienation and therapeutic agency / Philip Hammond and Hugh Ortega Breton --POLOITICS OF SHOWING THE UNTHINKABLE. Disaster films: the end of the world and the risk society hero / Frederick Wasser -- The (gender) politics of disaster in 2012 / Charles Antoine Courcoux -- Tarkovsky's The sacrifice: a religious humanist apocalypse / Tatjana Ljuji -- Dead narratives: defining humanity through stories / A. Fiona Pearson and Scott Ellis -- MOVING BEYOND THE END OF THE WORLD. Opposing Thatcherism: filmic apocalypse as a political strategy in 1980s Britain / Angela Krewani -- Painting in time: on the use of digital visual effects in Melancholia / Andreas Kirchner -- The corporate and corporeal: min(d)ing the body conscience and consumption in early 21st century Hollywood dystopia / Wendy Sterba.
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Crisis cinema : the apocalyptic idea in postmodern narrative film / edited by Christopher Sharrett Washington, D.C.: Maisonneuve Press, 1993.
Call No: 64POS CRIAuthor: Sharrett, Christopher Place: Washington, D.C.Publisher: Maisonneuve PressPubDate: 1993PhysDes: 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; DISASTERS IN FILMS ; DISASTER FILMS ; SEX AND THE CINEMA ; DEATH IN FILMS ; REPO MAN (US, Alex Cox, 1984) ; RUMBLE FISH (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) ; CASANOVA (IT, Federico Fellini, 1976) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0944624189 (cloth); 0944624197 (paper)LON: 9605442
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Disaster flick on shaky ground in Sunday Telegraph [Insider] (31/05/2015) p.118
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Everest in Sunday Herald Sun [Arts & Entertainment] (13/09/2015) p.83
Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015)Author: Dent, Nick PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: DRAMAS ; THRILLERS ; DISASTER FILMS ; CLARKE, JASON ; GYLLENHAAL, JAKE ; WORTHINGTON, SAM ; BROLIN, JOSH ; WATSON, EMILY ; KNIGHTLEY, KEIRA ; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015) Summary: A review of the recently released film 'Everest' about the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. The review summarises the plot and gives a rundown of the cast members and the characters they play.Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Film genre reader / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986.
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Film genre reader II / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Call No: 64GEN FILAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: GENRES ; WESTERNS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; DISASTER FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; COMEDIES ; TRANSVESTISM ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; CANADA ; AUTEUR THEORY ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEMIOLOGY ; STRUCTURALISM ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; FORD, JOHN ; PENN, ARTHUR ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; CAVELL, STANLEY ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; FRYE, NORTHROP ; MINNELLI, VINCENTE ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ; BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949) ; YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957) ; VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982) ; WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and indexISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11563059
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Fire and brimstone in Sun Herald [Inside out] (25/09/2016) p.1
Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; DISASTER FILMSAuthor: Byrnes, Paul PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: DISASTER FILMS Summary: A general article on the disaster film genre with mention of the upcoming film DEEPWATER HORIZON
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Hollywood's dirtiest secret : the hidden environmental costs of the movies / Hunter Vaughan New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.
Call No: 738.1 VAUAuthor: Vaughan, Hunter Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 2019PhysDes: 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSeries: Film and culture seriesSubject: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN FILMS ; AVATAR (US, James Cameron, 2009) ; DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THE (US, Roland Emmerich, 2004) ; DISASTER FILMS ; GONE WITH THE WIND (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; TWISTER (US, Jan De Bont, 1996) ; ZERO DARK THIRTY (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) Summary: "In an era when many businesses have come under scrutiny for their environmental impact, the film industry has for the most part escaped criticism and regulation. Its practices are more diffuse; its final product, less tangible; and Hollywood has adopted public-relations strategies that portray it as environmentally conscious. In Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret, Hunter Vaughan offers a new history of the movies from an environmental perspective, arguing that how we make and consume films has serious ecological consequences." - taken from back cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index -- subtitle on verso 'the hidden environmental costs of our screen culture'ISBN: 9780231182416Contents: Introduction: The Big Picture -- Chapter 1: Burning down the house: fire, the eco-ethics of destruction, and authorship in the film spectacle -- Chapter 2: "Five Hundred Thousand Kilowatts of Stardust:" resource use and the formula for packaging nature in Singin' in the rain -- Chapter 3: Winds of change: twister and the visualization of environmental disaster in the digital age -- Chapter 4: Apocalypse tomorrow: Avatar and the myth of Earth's end in the digital era -- Chapter 5: The fifth element: production culture studies, relational values, and the human side of environmental media -- Conclusion: An element of hope
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It's the peak of disaster flicks in Sunday Telegraph [Insider] (13/09/2015) p.120
Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015)Author: Dent, Nick PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: ADVENTURE FILMS ; DRAMAS ; THRILLERS ; DISASTER FILMS ; CLARKE, JASON ; BROLIN, JOSH ; GYLLENHAAL, JAKE ; WORTHINGTON, SAM ; WATSON, EMILY ; KNIGHTLEY, KEIRA ; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015) Summary: A review of the recently released film 'Everest' by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur documenting the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Movie magic : the story of special effects in cinema / John Brosnan London: Abacus, 1977.
Call No: 236 BROAuthor: Brosnan, John Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: AbacusPubDate: 1977PhysDes: 207 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSubject: SPECIAL EFFECTS ; HORROR FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; FANTASTIC FILMS ; DISASTER FILMS ; MODEL WORK ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; WAR FILMS ; ANIMATION ; MONSTER DESIGN ; MINIATURE WORK ; OPTICAL EFFECTS ; MATTES ; FRONT PROJECTION ; CINEMATOGRAPHY ; HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHY ; MAKE-UP ; SPLIT SCREEN ; STOP-MOTION TECHNIQUE ; STUNTS ; CAMERAS ; TRAVELLING MATTE ; EXPLOSIONS IN FILMS ; HARRYHAUSEN, RAY ; PAL, GEORGE ; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ; KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) ; POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE (US, Ronald Neame, 1972) Notes: first published in Great Britain by Macdonald and Jane's 1974; Includes: Appendix with Academy Awards winners and nominees for Engineering Effects/Special Effects from 1927-8 to 1975-6; References; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Film Titles; Index of Subjects and TechniquesISBN: 0349103682Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Rock to the rescue : San Andreas in Sydney Morning Herald [Arts and Entertainment] (28/05/2015) p.20
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