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What can post-catastrophe films tell us about our current real-world circumstances?
This book proposes that a new sub-genre of film called 'post-catastrophe' is emerging that displays narratives directly analogous to our current predicament of runaway climate disruption. Post-catastrophe film sits in the space between blockbuster disaster movies that use scenes of destruction to blow the world up and disrupt the flow of humanity and post-apocalyptic films where a version of society has formed in the ashes of the disaster.
In these narratives, the characters are thrown into a world of unsettling circumstances in which they have to adapt and strive for survival and reimagine the world as it changes around them. We face a similar predicament."
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Prelude
Introduction: The Slow-Motion Catastrophe
A Primer to Understanding Post-Catastrophe Films
Small Screen Apocalypse: Examples of Post-Catastrophe Films
Does Technology Envision Our Annihilation? The Role of Artificial Intelligence, Simulated Dreamworlds, and Augmented Robots, and Cyborgs in Post-Catastrophe Narratives
Cosmic Post-Catastrophe: Escaping our Planet and Colonizing Others
The Optimistic Apocalypse: Star Trek as Post-Catastrophe Narrative
A Sense of an Ending: Envisioning the Absolute Destruction of Everything
The Lonely Planet: On Being the Last Person on Earth
Being Normal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Living Among Gods, Monsters, and Superheroes
Conclusion
Why Post-Catastrophe Narratives Matter
Notes
Index
