HIST 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Omega Man, Nuclear Arms Race, Biological Warfare
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W10: science fiction history, artwork & special effec. History: began in the pre-1950s as a mostly european phenomenon in film literary works such as frankenstein had already been present since the 1800s, silent-era science fiction: Metropolis (1927) drama exploring the exploitation of the working-class in the industrial age. Still a beautiful film today because they spent so much money on artists and special effects available to them at this time. The genre began reflecting the newly technological age, dilemmas of global militarization, and us nationalism. Their special effects were ambitious yet films did always achieve the suspension of disbelief. Monsters were at times analogous with communists invading the united. Utopian and dystopian films in context of space travel, proliferation of computers and the consequences they held for humanity/civilization. Nuclear arms race entered the genre post-apocalyptic films where. Nuclear arms race entered the genre post-apocalyptic films where humans were shown struggling to rebuild and survive: