Monday, June 30, 2014

Summary of Future Almost Lost: Dystopian Science-Fiction Film essay

The essay Future Almost Lost: Dystopian Science-Fiction Film discusses the apocalyptic features present in many science-fiction dystopian films. It analyzes the themes, narratives, settings and feelings in those films that warn the audience about certain pathways that could be taken in the future. It analyzes a wide variety of films and topics, including alien invasions, annihilation of the human race, destruction of the environment and a struggle to survive, totalitarian governments, etc.. A number of films are discussed in this essay, several of which we have watched in the class such as THX 1138, The Road, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Minority Report, Gattaca, and Soylent Green. 

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