Climate Migration in Post-Apocalyptic Narratives on the Mainstream Screen
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Climate Change Today and in Biblical Times
3. Natural Disasters in Philosophy
4. Natural Disasters in Cinema
4.1. The Three Waves of cli-fi
4.2. The Seven Film Genres of cli-fi
4.2.1. Waterworld
4.2.2. Snowpiercer
4.2.3. Interstellar
4.2.4. Mad Max: Fury Road
4.2.5. Mortal Engines
4.2.6. Common Elements
- A.
- Brutalised Society:
- B.
- The survivor hero:
- C.
- Class struggle:
- D.
- Biblical references and religious arguments
- D.1.
- The Chosen Child
- D.2.
- The Ark
- D.3.
- Sacrifice
- D.4.
- (Re)Education/Indoctrination
- D.5.
- Technology/Science vs. Religion/Spirituality
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Filmography
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- Antonioni, Michelangelo. 1964. Red Desert. Italy: Film Duamila.
- Aronofsky, Darren. 2014. Noah. Hollywood: Paramount Pictures.
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- Devlin, Dean. 2017. Geostorm. Burbank: Warner Bros.
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- Fleischer, Richard. 1973. Soylent Green. Las Vegas: MGM.
- Joon Ho, Bong. 2013. Snowpiercer. South Korea: SnowPiercer.
- Kurosawa, Akira. 1990. Dreams. Japan/US: Akira Kurosawa USA.
- Miller, George. 2015. Mad Max: Fury Road. Australia: Village Roadshow Pictures.
- Nolan, Christopher. 2014. Interstellar. US, UK, Canada: Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Legendary Entertainment.
- Payne, Alexander. 2017. Downsizing. Hollywood: Paramount Pictures.
- Reynolds, Kevin. 1995. Waterworld. Universal City: Universal Pictures.
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- Russo, Anthony and Joe. 2019. Avengers: Endgame. New York: Marvel Studios.
- Schmidt, Jan. 1967. The End of August at the Hotel Ozone. Cheslovakia: Ceskoslovenský armádní film.
- Schrader, Paul. 2017. First Reformed. New York: Killer Films.
- Scott, Ridley. 1982. Bladerunner. Hollywood: The Ladd Company.
- Tarkovsky, Andrei. 1979. Stalker. Soviet Union: Mosfilm.
- Twohy, David. 1996. The Arrival. US: Live Entertainment.
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