ABSTRACT
Since 1980 sf lm has taken hold of the cinematic imaginary. Key to New Hollywood synergistic practices, sf films often herald the “event” season, and according to the Internet Movie Database 30 percent of the All-Time Worldwide Box Ofce Top 100 are post-1980 sf lms, a number of which are theme-park/game/lm franchises. Able to offer seductive visions of the future and an affecting, spectacular sense of apocalypse, and to engage with the most important political and social issues of the day, sf lm affects us in our bodies and makes sense of major social events and catastrophes.
