Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?

Are We Living in a Disaster Movie?
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781476687292
ISBN-13 : 1476687293
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Book Synopsis Are We Living in a Disaster Movie? by : Brian A. Shaer

Download or read book Are We Living in a Disaster Movie? written by Brian A. Shaer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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