Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema,

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

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 1967â€”including Godzilla (1954), The Mysterians (1957), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), On the Beach (1959), The Last War (1961) and Dr. Strangelove (1964)â€”to show the view from both sides of the Pacific.
Country USA
Manufacturer McFarland
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-08-11
Format Kindle eBook

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