Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8729-2 (ISBN)
Some periods of history contain so many compounded disasters they seem to be inspired by disaster movies. In the early 2020s, the Covid-19 pandemic upended the world and thrust populations into a state of uncertainty and fear--as seen in movies like Outbreak, The Towering Inferno or Armageddon.
Birthed from the author's original research on disaster movies, this book argues that the life cycle of Covid closely parallels various apocalyptic films, from the personas of the main players to the strike of the cataclysm itself. To view the Covid pandemic through the language of disaster movies, the book identifies those that mirror (predict!) each stage of the Covid pandemic, analyzing the similarities between the films and real-life events. A filmography of the featured disaster movies concludes the book.
Brian A. Shaer studied communications at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications and earned a master’s degree in cinema studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in South Florida.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note: Warning: Massive Spoilers Throughout!!!
Introduction
The Attraction of Disaster
Chapter 1. The Preamble
Act One: The Buildup
Chapter 2. Who Are We?
Chapter 3. Where Are We?
Act Two: All Hell Breaks Loose
Chapter 4. The Primary Disaster
Chapter 5. The Poignant Character
Chapter 6. Proactive vs. Reactive
Chapter 7. Supporting Characters: Will They or Won’t They?
Act Three: Out of the Woods?
Chapter 8. The Second Disaster
Chapter 9. Things Settle Down
Chapter 10. The Coda
Filmography
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.08.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | filmography, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 322 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8729-3 / 1476687293 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8729-2 / 9781476687292 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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