Hollywood between Paranoia & Sci-Fi
The Power of Myth

Extra-terrestrials, the end of the world, nuclear war, visions of doom, giant tsunamis, devastating meteorites, invaders of every sort: For over 50 years, the American movie industry has specialized in disaster films, in pre or post-apocalypse science fiction, in the visionary or futuristic genres in which political and biblical allusions collide.

Directors: Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg
Production: Wichita Films & TCM Cinema
Producers : Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg
Network: TCM Cinema
Year : 2010
Time : 52 minutes

Casting

Steven Spielberg
Director

James Cameron
Director

George Lucas
Director

Philip Kaufman
Director

Roland Emmerich
Director

David Scarpa
Screenwriter The Day The Earth Stood Still

Mark Protosevich
Screenwriter I Am Legend

Vivian Sobchack
Professor & Author of American Science Fiction Film