{"id":6335,"date":"2011-09-09T04:47:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=6335"},"modified":"2011-09-09T04:47:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:47:32","slug":"the-eternal-appeal-of-the-apocalyptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/the-eternal-appeal-of-the-apocalyptic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eternal Appeal of the Apocalyptic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Posted earlier on the Corner<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It helps sell religions, movies, political agendas: Is there nothing that the prospect of apocalypse cannot do?<\/p>\n

Via AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Abel Ferrara made his new film \u201c4:44 Last Day on Earth\u201d to serve as a wake-up call to humanity over impending ecological disasters.The movie, by the director of 1992\u2032s \u201cBad Lieutenant,\u201d focuses largely on one couple \u2014 played by Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh \u2014 passing their final hours on Earth as they Skype their goodbyes to loved ones from a New York City high-rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line is this film is about man\u2019s destruction of the Earth,\u201d Ferrara told reporters Wednesday in Venice, where the film is being shown in hopes of snaring the top Golden Lion prize later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about a meteorite, this isn\u2019t \u2026 some horror show. This is about humanity not coming to terms with its carbon footprint,\u201d the director said. \u201cIt\u2019s on us. It\u2019s our responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The time in the title is the exact hour before dawn when humanity ceases to exist. The exact calamity which befalls Earth\u2019s citizens isn\u2019t ever spelled out, although there is an \u201cozone-hole\u201d theme. At one point, viewers see, as a backdrop, an image of environmental advocate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore projected on large screen TV giving an interview. \u201cWe reached out to Al, we reached out to Gore, definitely,\u201d Ferrara said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course he did.<\/p>\n

Full disclosure: I enjoy \u2018end of the world\u2019 movies. Even 2012. I\u2019ll be off to see this one\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted earlier on the Corner: It helps sell religions, movies, political agendas: Is there nothing that the prospect of apocalypse cannot do? Via AP: Abel Ferrara made his new film \u201c4:44 Last Day on Earth\u201d to serve as a wake-up … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[841,840,511,397,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6340,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6335\/revisions\/6340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}