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02643aam a2200397 i 4500 001 1904337478F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 201105t20212021nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020043868 020 $a 1978819854 020 $a 9781978819856 020 $a 1978819846 020 $a 9781978819849 035 $a (OCoLC)1198557971 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d CUV $d OCLCO $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9.A64 $b P75 2021 082 00 $a 791.43/615 $2 23 100 1 $a Prince, Stephen, $d 1955-2020, $e author. 245 10 $a Apocalypse cinema / $c Stephen Prince. 264 1 $a New Brunswick : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 144 pages ; $c 19 cm 490 1 $a Quick takes: movies and popular culture 520 $a "Movie audiences know exactly how the world will end because popular cinema has never stopped rehearsing the apocalypse. In this clear, concise account, Stephen Prince illuminates the appeal of apocalypse cinema, its roots in literary and religious tradition, its presence throughout cinema history, and the existential fears and anxieties that motivate it. In four elegant chapters, Prince examines the key threats to human existence that bring about world's end - collisions with giant asteroids, invasions by planet-devouring aliens, nuclear war, global warming and deadly pandemics. Touching on films ranging from The End of the World (1916), The Rapture (1991), Signs (2002), Armageddon (1998), Deep Impact (1998), Melancholia (2011), These Final Hours (2015), The War of the Worlds (1953), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Independence Day (1996), Annihilation (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and many more, Apocalypse Cinema shows how apocalypse movies explore fundamental questions of existence that never go out of fashion"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index. 505 0 $a Sources and traditions in apocalyptic cinema -- Astrophobia -- I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed -- The revenge of nature. 650 0 $a Apocalypse in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Apocalyptic films $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Apocalypse in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01896113 650 7 $a Apocalyptic films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01923002 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a Quick takes. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014852.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1904337478F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search