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Reel Revelations - Apocalypse and Film (Hardcover)
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Reel Revelations - Apocalypse and Film (Hardcover)
Series: The Bible in the Modern World, 31
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In the last decades, writers and directors have increasingly found
the Book of Revelation a fitting cinematic muse for an age beset by
possibilities of world destruction. Many apocalyptic films stay
remarkably close to the idea of apocalypse as a revelation about
the future, often quoting or using imagery from Revelation, as well
as its Old Testament antecedents in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Isaiah.
The apocalyptic paradigm often instigates social criticism. Kim
Paffenroth examines how zombie films deploy apocalyptic language
and motifs to critique oppressive values within American culture.
Lee Quinby shows how Richard Kelly's Southland Tales critiques not
only social and economic crises in the USA but also Revelation's
depictions of Good versus Evil as absolute oppositions. Frances
Flannery points out how Josh Whedon's Serenity deconstructs the
apocalypse precisely by using elements of it, depicting humans as
their own created monsters. Jon Stone notes how apocalyptic
fictions, while presenting nightmare scenarios, are invariably
optimistic, with human ingenuity effectively responding to
potential disasters. Mary Ann Beavis examines the device of
invented scriptures (pseudapocrypha), deployed as a narrative trope
for holding back the final cataclysm. John Walliss studies
evangelical Christian films that depict how the endtime scenario
will unfold, so articulating and even redefining a sense of
evangelical identity. Richard Walsh analyses the surreptitious
sanctification of empire that occurs in both Revelation and End of
Days under the cover of a blatant struggle with another 'evil'
empire. Greg Garrett examines how the eschatological figure of 'The
Son of Man' is presented in the Matrix trilogy, the Terminator
tetralogy, and Signs. Elizabeth Rosen shows how a postmodern
apocalyptic trend has been working its way into children's fiction
and film such as The Transformers, challenging the traditionally
rigid depictions of good and evil found in many children's stories.
This is the first volume in a forthcoming series of 6 titles on The
Apocalypse and Popular Culture.
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