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Tag Archives: Film
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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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
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Tagged 2012, apocalypse, End of Days, Film, hollywood, Science Fiction
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The Social Network, Strozier, and Scientific Sloppiness
Having recently seen The Social Network, Charles B. Strozier’s essay, “The Apocalyptic Other,” was eerily pertinent. The film, which focuses on two lawsuits brought against Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) – one from two Harvard classmates who allege that … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, October, October 19
Tagged apocalypse, Film, Fundamentalism, Jones, LaHaye & Jenkins, Left Behind, Paranoia, Strozier, The Social Network, Video Games, violence, White Noise
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