Imaginaries and Cinematographic Narratives about the End of The World
Fictional cinema has reflected on the end of the world from different perspectives: alien invasion, natural disasters, pandemics, the arrival of objects from outer space, among others. Whatever the threat, there is a common pattern, the salvation of humanity is due to the intervention of the West. T...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES |
| Repositorio: | Caleidoscopio |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uaa.mx:article/2575 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uaa.mx/index.php/caleidoscopio/article/view/2575 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | cinema fiction disasters humanity ideology cine ficción desastres humanidad ideología |
| Sumario: | Fictional cinema has reflected on the end of the world from different perspectives: alien invasion, natural disasters, pandemics, the arrival of objects from outer space, among others. Whatever the threat, there is a common pattern, the salvation of humanity is due to the intervention of the West. This essay debates the imaginary and narratives of fiction cinema from an anthropological, communicational, and sociological perspective that assumes the following premises: (a) situations always start from possible assumptions; and (b) the exposed ideologies are often made invisible by the audiovisual display of special effects. Methodologically, films produced in Hollywood from 1990 to 2019 have been analyzed. The selection criteria is determined according to the type of threats (space objects, viruses, climatic changes, aliens), and the box office thrown by the movies. |
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