Studying Disaster Movies

by John Sanders and John Saunders

The disaster film taps into our fear of events beyond our control, ones that are often rooted in real-life experience, making the genre a particularly potent mixture of entertainment and grounded events. Studying Disaster Films provides a comprehensive introduction to a sub-genre that has flourished since the 1970s, fully accounting for the genre's origins and focusing on key films, including Airport, The Towering Inferno, The Day After Tomorrow,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903663997
• ISBN13: 9781903663998
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.6" x 6.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher