Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars

The Martian (2015) and Gravity (2013) join a group of recent maritime disaster films in depicting American individuals struggling to survive in hostile natural environments. Noting the ocean’s historical function as a signifier of internationalism, this essay examines these science-fictional stories...

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Main Author: Siobhan Carroll
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Language:fra
Published: Université de Limoges 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/resf/8933
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description The Martian (2015) and Gravity (2013) join a group of recent maritime disaster films in depicting American individuals struggling to survive in hostile natural environments. Noting the ocean’s historical function as a signifier of internationalism, this essay examines these science-fictional stories of shipwreck in space as expressions of anxiety in the face of globalization. Where The Martian promotes a vision of the resilience of American skilled labor, Gravity portrays the emotional consequences of the isolation produced by globalization’s network culture. Both films ultimately, however, urge acceptance of a global economic system in which, by virtue of the international distribution of movie production, the film’s creators are invested. Examining the spatial politics of Gravity and The Martian allows us to see not only the filmmakers’ attempts to negotiate the anti-globalization backlash of the 2010s, but also the way in which ostensibly neutral natural spaces convey political and cultural meaning.
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Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars
ReS Futurae
cinema
globalization
title Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars
title_full Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars
title_fullStr Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars
title_full_unstemmed Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars
title_short Perdus dans l’espace : survivre à la mondialisation dans Gravity et Seul sur Mars
title_sort perdus dans l espace survivre a la mondialisation dans gravity et seul sur mars
topic cinema
globalization
url https://journals.openedition.org/resf/8933
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