Date of Submission
Spring 2018
Academic Programs and Concentrations
Film and Electronic Arts; Experimental Humanities
Project Advisor 1
John Pruitt
Abstract/Artist's Statement
The modern outer space film uniquely explores the future and destiny of humanity as shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Contact, and Interstellar through their themes and invocation of the sublime. It functions as a modern mythology for human destiny.
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Recommended Citation
Habiby, Alexander Samir, "The Outer Space Film as a Mythology for Human Destiny" (2018). Senior Projects Spring 2018. 179.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2018/179
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