12 Monkeys

by Susanne Kord

Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys (1995) was a commercial and critical success, but it is Gilliam's least understood film, even on the basic plot level. Aside from recognizable debts to specific films such as La Jet e (1962) and Dr. Strangelove (1964), 12 Monkeys plays with a number of genres: apocalypse and postapocalypse movies, sci-fi, nuclear noir, and what is becoming known as "geek dystopia." This volume in the Constellations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1999334000
• ISBN13: 9781999334000
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 7.4"