Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times

In Allegories of the End of Capitalism, Milo Sweedler deconstructs the events of films Melancholia; Cosmopolis; Suffragette; Django Unchained; Elysium and Snowpiercer, the socio-political contexts they arise from and enter into, and their impact on contemporary culture and life. He examines how filmmakers from six different countries, across four continents, give narrative and audio-visual form to the frustration and anger that burst into public view in 2011, the ongoing class war between the super-rich and the rest of the world's population, and the insurrection that it yet to come.

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Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times

In Allegories of the End of Capitalism, Milo Sweedler deconstructs the events of films Melancholia; Cosmopolis; Suffragette; Django Unchained; Elysium and Snowpiercer, the socio-political contexts they arise from and enter into, and their impact on contemporary culture and life. He examines how filmmakers from six different countries, across four continents, give narrative and audio-visual form to the frustration and anger that burst into public view in 2011, the ongoing class war between the super-rich and the rest of the world's population, and the insurrection that it yet to come.

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Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times

Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times

by Milo Sweedler
Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times

Allegories of the End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times

by Milo Sweedler

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In Allegories of the End of Capitalism, Milo Sweedler deconstructs the events of films Melancholia; Cosmopolis; Suffragette; Django Unchained; Elysium and Snowpiercer, the socio-political contexts they arise from and enter into, and their impact on contemporary culture and life. He examines how filmmakers from six different countries, across four continents, give narrative and audio-visual form to the frustration and anger that burst into public view in 2011, the ongoing class war between the super-rich and the rest of the world's population, and the insurrection that it yet to come.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785358630
Publisher: Collective Ink
Publication date: 01/31/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 379 KB

About the Author

Milo Sweedler is an associate professor of French, cultural analysis, and social theory at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has written extensively on film, literature, politics, and culture. He lives in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The End of the World of the End: Melancholia 11

Chapter 2 The Demise of Finance Capital: Cosmopolis 35

Chapter 3 The Rationality of Revolt: Suffragette 64

Chapter 4 The Insurrection to Come: Django Unchained 96

Chapter 5 Negations of the Negation: Elysium and Snow-piercer 132

Endnotes 166

Bibliography 186

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