Why do we love zombie movies? An examination of the grotesque images of a mass culture product, as compared to postmodern consummerist culture

Authors

  • Rodrigo Montandon Born PPGAV - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/2175234607142015064

Keywords:

film analysis, post-modern culture, capitalist culture, consumerism, zombies movie

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze com- mercial horror movies, specifically those themed on zombies and the undead, proposing approximations between the images produced by filmmakers and art- ists and the consumer culture produced under capitalism. If the filmmaker, as proposed by Jameson (1995), is not iso- lated from its social and political con- text, could these films be understood as possible images of what Lukács (1920) understands as the bankruptcy of cap- italist social organization? In a culture where death, exhaustion of resources, chaos and decay of organizations are recurring situations, how could these commonplace themed films be reinter- preted as image of capitalism itself?

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Montandon Born, PPGAV - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Mestre e licenciado em Artes Visuais pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC

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Published

2015-12-18

How to Cite

BORN, Rodrigo Montandon. Why do we love zombie movies? An examination of the grotesque images of a mass culture product, as compared to postmodern consummerist culture. Palíndromo, Florianópolis, v. 7, n. 14, p. 064–080, 2015. DOI: 10.5965/2175234607142015064. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/palindromo/article/view/6848. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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Vol. 7 No. 14 (2015): Palíndromo

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