Emissaries from other worlds: science, mythology and cosmic horror in the documentary Fireball
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2024.227088Keywords:
Cinema, Werner Herzog, H. P. Lovecraft, Cosmicism, MythologyAbstract
We propose a comparison between the film Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020) by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer and the short story The Color Out of Space (1927), by H. P. Lovecraft, exploring the similarities between Herzog’s interest in extreme natural phenomena and Lovecraft’s cosmicism as both seem interested in investigating humanity’s limitations in the face of its insignificance, which becomes more apparent in the face of catastrophic events. The authors use similar settings, whether remote places, icy lands or volcanic areas, and extreme natural phenomena, such as the fall of meteorites.
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