Jennifer Fay, Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene

Fay suggests that “these experiments in manufactured weather were not produced with a consciousness of global warming or the planetary force of human enterprise. [3] Building upon this sentiment of manmade disaster, the second chapter moves from Hollywood’s destruction-by-design to an examination of...

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Published inFilm Criticism Vol. 43; no. 3
Main Author Duncan, Phillip D.
Format Journal Article Book Review Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Ann Arbor Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan Library) 2019
Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library
Subjects
Aesthetics
Climate change
Conversation
Design
Film studies
Film theory
Genre
Keaton, Buster (1895-1966)
Media studies
Motion pictures
Visual media
Antarctica
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Summary:Fay suggests that “these experiments in manufactured weather were not produced with a consciousness of global warming or the planetary force of human enterprise. [3] Building upon this sentiment of manmade disaster, the second chapter moves from Hollywood’s destruction-by-design to an examination of post-World War II atomic test films shot by the U.S. government at the Nevada Testing Site for scientific and military purposes. [7] In the book’s final chapter, Fay shifts focus once more—moving this time to Antarctica, a continent seen in modern times as vulnerable to climate change despite centuries of being viewed as unalterable and alien, and places early polar visual media in conversation with Siegfried Kracauer’s theories on film after Auschwitz.
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(doi) https://doi.org/10.3998/fc.13761232.0043.317
Film Criticism: vol. 43, no. 3
(issn) 2471-4364
(dlps) 13761232.0043.317
ISSN:2471-4364
0163-5069
2471-4364
DOI:10.3998/fc.13761232.0043.317