FILM 3420D Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neocolonialism, Afro-Caribbean, The Proletariat
4 Apr 2016
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Hybridity of the genre and its monster. The proletariat of cinematic monsters: victims just as much as monsters. They rank lower than vampires of serial killers (they don"t have a mind or conscious, and just keep walking for one purpose: allegory for the inner logic of capitalism. They are all body (have brains but not minds) Collisions of past events with contemporary popular texts that confront hegemonic narratives with the collective traumas they try to suppress. 9/11 an event that started and is still unfolding. Allegorical image as undead: between life (present) and death (past). 28 days later is an allegory in which the colonial origins of both zombies and zombie movies collide with contemporary neo-colonial events and with the material reality of those who suffer and/or resist imperial violence. Viewer is seduced by the zombies, drawn into proximity with them. Fear indistinguishable from intense but objectless craving.
