Ecocinema, Media, and the Environment
This blog explores popular film and media and their relationship to the environment.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Bug (1975) and the Very Mad Scientist
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The horror of the cockroaches in Bug (1975) becomes amplified when Parmiter even more extensively anthropomorphizes the roaches by fa...
Intellectual Anthropomorphism in Bug (1975)
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Some studies of cockroaches highlight their physical and intellectual strengths by making explicit connections between cockroaches an...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Bug (1975) and Anthropomorphism
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Aided by the insect photography of Ken Middleham, who also filmed the documentary The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) and the science fi...
Monday, March 16, 2020
Bug (1975) and the Very Mad Scientist
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Bug (1975) and the Very Mad Scientist Although the "smart" bug movie Bug (1975) anthropomorphizes roaches so exten...
Sunday, February 23, 2020
The Nest and Cockroach Horror--Conclusion
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In The Nest, genetically-modified cockroaches are personified, embodying the worst human traits and characteristics with monstr...
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Monday, February 17, 2020
The Nest, Part 2
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The Nest also constructs scientists as monsters when Intec sends an entomologist, Dr. Morgan Hubbard (Terri Treas), to the island to...
Monday, February 10, 2020
The Nest 1988: Part I
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The Nest (1988) copies Alien (1979) with its focus on the corporate science connection, ultimately leading to the discovery of a ...
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