Millennium Movies

End of the World Cinema

 
UK: Titan Books, 1999; PB. ISBN: 1840230606
USA: Griffin Trade Paperback, 2000. ISBN: 0312253699

Published as Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema in the USA.

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An illustrated survey of how cinema has dealt with the idea of Armageddon, from WWII nuclear movies and atomic spy flicks, through 1950s monster movies to World War III, Cold War anxiety and post-Holocaust tales.

It includes “Pre-Millennial Tension” epics like Independence Day and Armageddon.