The Violence Of The End Of The World

The world has already come to an end. Most people envisaged the apocalypse occurring in a giant explosion, a nuclear disaster, comet from outer space, the polar caps melting, nature running amok with swarms of bees and locusts. In deed many films have been made along these themes; about the end of the world and the immanent destruction of mankind. Indeed it appears a kind of secret wish for the id of the collective unconscious itself towards some kind of mass self-destruction. These disaster films and Apocalypse movies are Legion from Irwin Allen flicks and “Earthquake” to our “Mad Max” films to the recent “The Day After Tomorrow”. But most mainstream films miss the point; that the world as has already ended, ended in a quieter violence. In this darkness we present to you a selection of apocalyptic films that deal with Nuclear War, Society breaking down, political corruption, terrorism and the body destructing. Why? Because the knowledge of the End will help foster the slow return of the new beginning, and maybe a new dawn ...