A Guide to Apocalyptic Cinema

by Charles P. Mitchell

This examination and comprehensive assessment of apocalyptic film studies fifty films that illustrate the variety, range and different categories of the genre. Apocalyptic films are those that depict, on screen as part of the story, an event threatening the extinction of mankind. A brief overview identifies seven major categories of apocalyptic films: the religious or supernatural, celestial collision, solar or orbital disruption, nuclear war and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313315272
• ISBN13: 9780313315275
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"