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Tag Archives: apocalypse
A Modern Translation: Original Film Posters for Red Dawn, Threads, and The Quiet Earth
These days, a film’s marketing has very little to do with the film itself – with rare exception, a film’s promotional materials are created with a very specific intent. That is, they serve to entice viewers into purchasing a ticket. … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Projects, Mac Warren
Tagged Advertising, apocalypse, Film, Movies, Red Dawn, The Quiet Earth, Threads
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The Anxiety of a Decade: Red Dawn, Threads, and The Quiet Earth as Divergent Portraits of 1980s Apocalyptic Belief
The celluloid application of the apocalyptic construct is largely indicative of its far-reaching cultural implications – as a concept so explicitly linked to notions of religion, spirituality, and postmodernism, divergent portrayals in film can help illuminate the inherent dualisms that … Continue reading
Posted in Final Papers, Mac Warren
Tagged apocalypse, End of Days, Film, Fundamentalism, Movies, Red Dawn, Science Fiction, The Quiet Earth, Threads
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The End, and New Beginnings
Throughout human history, the apocalypse has been present as a cultural construct capable of inducing a wide range of reactions among those who accept its viability. Now, as the concept is deconstructed in conjunction with the complexities of postmodernism, the … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, November, November 30
Tagged apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Children of Men, End of Days, Film, gender role reversal, Movies, postmodernism, Quinby, Revelation, Rosen, Science Fiction
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I Suppose I Ought To Call It Symbolism
It is not for a lack of academic integrity that my comments will not be quite so thorough on the writings by Professor Quinby. I can assure the reader that it is, indeed, the opposite (in a way) – I … Continue reading
Posted in Jon Rossi, November, November 30
Tagged 28 Days Later, apocalypse, Apocalypto, Bush, Bush Administration, Cain and Able, Children of Men, co-savior, collective mindset, convert, gender role reversal, George W. Bush, Mel Gibson, President Bush, Quinby, reading, redemption, Rosen
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Destroying the World, Minus the Amanda Peet Subplot
Check this out for a great take on the narcissistic excess of movies like 2012 – but it’s also pretty telling that this footage alone is incredibly entertaining. In short, it’s an easy formula: take apocalyptic blockbuster, subtract what Hollywood … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren
Tagged 2012, apocalypse, End of Days, Film, hollywood, Science Fiction
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