Visions of the Apocalypse: Spectacles of Destruction in American Cinema
- ISBN-10
- 1903364744
- ISBN-13
- 9781903364741
- Category
- Apocalypse in motion pictures
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Author
- Wheeler W. Dixon
Description
'Visions of the Apocalypse' examines the cinema's fascination with the prospect of nuclear and/or natural annihilation, as seen in such films as We Were Soldiers, The Last War and Tidal Wave. Dixon also discusses such topics as the death of film itself, to be replaced by digital video.
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- 2003-09-17
- 192 pages
- Ebook
- Columbia University Press
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