Abstract:The objective of this article is to investigate Ranald MacDougall's The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964) in their imaginations of disaster and apocalyptic futures. I aim to bring technical and narrative aspects of film in order to identify themes and speculative explorations of nuclear war and post-nuclear survival, emphasising political and social discussions that can be found in both films. Finding their singularities and similarities is part of my focus her… Show more
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