Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. INTRODUCTION. The Big Picture 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. Burning Down the House: Fire, Explosion, and the Eco-ethics of Destruction Spectacle 25
6. CHAPTER TWO. “Five Hundred Thousand Kilowatts of Stardust”: Water and Resource Use in Movies and the Marketing of Nature 59
7. CHAPTER THREE. Wind of Change: New Screen Technologies, the Visualization of Invisible Environmental Threats, and the Materiality of the Virtual 91
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Apocalypse Tomorrow: The Myth of Earth’s End in the Digital Era 126
9. CHAPTER FIVE. The Fifth Element: Hollywood as Invasive Species and the Human Side of Environmental Media 164
10. CONCLUSION. An Element of Hope 191
11. Notes 197
12. Bibliography 223
13. Filmography 237
14. Index 241