The Theme of Apocalypse in Australian Cinema
- Authors: Zvegintseva I.A1
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Affiliations:
- VGIK
- Issue: Vol 7, No 4 (2015)
- Pages: 111-120
- Section: WORLD CINEMA | ANALYSIS
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2074-0832/article/view/14785
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/VGIK74111-120
- ID: 14785
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Abstract
The article analyses the Australian “apocalypse” films. “Apocalypse” is often used as a synonym to the world’s end or a world scale catastrophe. The world knows hundreds of motion pictures of different talent and artistry, where the set takes place either before, during or after a global catastrophe. Reasons for the apocalypse vary: nuclear war, alien invasion, riot of the machines, a gigantic meteor, a disease unknown to science, etc. Nevertheless, the result always remains the same: humanity ceases to exist. Australian filmmakers, too, have not stood out of their foreign colleagues and made a large amount of films, that tell about the world’s end, out of which many are impressive and significant, indeed.
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About the authors
Irina A Zvegintseva
VGIK
Author for correspondence.
Email: kate-az@newmail.ru
Dr. in Art, professor (Department of Cinema Studies
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