Post-Catastrophe Film

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Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Why can post-catastrophe films tell us about our current real-world circumstances?This book proposes that a new sub-genre of film called ‘post-catastrophe’ is emerging that displays narrativesdirectly analogous to our current predicament of runaway climate disruption. Post-catastrophe film sits in thespace between blockbuster disaster movies that use scenes of destruction to blow the world up and disrupt the flow of humanity and post-apocalyptic films where a version of society has formed in the ashes of the disaster.In these narratives, the characters are thrown into a world of unsettling circumstances in which they have to adapt and strive for survival and reimagine the world as it changes around them. We face a similar predicament."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-06-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagIntellect
ISBN9781835952917

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List of Figures AcknowledgmentsPreludeIntroduction: The Slow-Motion Catastrophe A Primer to Understanding Post-Catastrophe FilmsSmall Screen Apocalypse: Examples of Post-Catastrophe FilmsDoes Technology Envision Our Annihilation? The Role of Artificial Intelligence, Simulated Dreamworlds, and Augmented Robots, and Cyborgs in Post-Catastrophe NarrativesCosmic Post-Catastrophe: Escaping our Planet and Colonizing OthersThe Optimistic Apocalypse: Star Trek as Post-Catastrophe NarrativeA Sense of an Ending: Envisioning the Absolute Destruction of Everything The Lonely Planet: On Being the Last Person on EarthBeing Normal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Living Among Gods, Monsters, and Superheroes ConclusionWhy Post-Catastrophe Narratives MatterNotesIndex

'Post-Catastrophe Film is a serious engagement with how the end of the world is represented in science fiction. Stephen Lee Naish's analysis asks us to consider what catastrophic films are trying to tell us about our contemporary moment, underneath the spectacle and the rubble. From insistences on carrying on with daily life, indulging in individualist fantasies of frontiersmanship, escaping sacrifice zones, witnessing the slow degradation of everything, to the helpless yearning for heroic intervention. Naish asks us to confront our shared exposure and consider what we have to collectively lose – or gain.'