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"They (the films) make us feel better about right now. They're showing us the future is worse... Things aren't as bad as we think they are. The world isn't as bad as the world onscreen," Morrison says.
"There's a lot for us to be scared of right now," Morrison says. "In the '80s we thought the bombs were going to come... And now its even easier to imagine a dystopian society with terrorists flying airplanes into buildings and the stonewalling of climate change research.""The lone ranger against the world, the shots of the city vacated, a big-budget American movie," [Robert Thompson] says. "This kind of stuff is compelling -- it's got the separation, it's not real life. It's like a haunted house -- there's a certain pleasure to it."See the full content of this document
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Dystopian Desire
Why humans are so intrigued with stories about their own downfall
By Martha WorboyWHERE order and structure disappear, it's almost certain a blockbuster movie will rush in to fill the void. Hollywood loves destruction, and scriptwriters and directors seem to assume tha...See the full content of this document
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