Tag: Camille Flammarion

• Apocalypse Futurism

  

  End of the World

  This 1931 apocalypse film from French mastermind of the silent era, Abel Gance, is a turkey of epic proportions. The heavy-handed religious moral tale fails to cope with the restrictions of sound films, and the all too obvious script that fails to surprise or engage the viewer. 3/10

  January 3, 2019
• Apocalypse Dystopia Empty World Futurism

  

  The End of the World

  (7/10) This Danish moral tale from 1916 is the world’s first apocalyptic film. August Blom’s direction takes takes it sweet time to get going, but when the much talked about comet finally crashes towards the Earth, the film proves why it belongs among the classics. The special effects hold up surprisingly…

  April 27, 2018