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Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mike BogueAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-09-26Pages:316
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476668413ISBN-10:1476668418UPC:9781476668413Book Category:Performing Arts, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Film, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.90 x 6.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCS6JYCVM9

The United States, the only country to have dropped the bomb, and Japan, the only one to have suffered its devastation, understandably portray the nuclear threat differently on film. American science fiction movies of the 1950s and 1960s generally proclaim that it is possible to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle. Japanese films of the same period assert that once freed the nuclear genie can never again be imprisoned. This book examines genre films from the two countries released between 1951 and 1967--including Godzilla (1954), The Mysterians (1957), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), On the Beach (1959), The Last War (1961) and Dr. Strangelove (1964)--to show the view from both sides of the Pacific.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476668413ISBN-10:1476668418UPC:9781476668413Book Category:Performing Arts, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Film, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.90 x 6.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCS6JYCVM9
Mike Bogue, a retired educator living in Ozark, Arkansas, has written for Scary Monsters Magazine, G-FAN, Movie Milestones, The Lost Films Fanzine, Castle of Frankenstein, and Mad Scientist.
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