Midway towards Planetarity: (Im)mobility in The Wandering Earth (English version)
The article examines the Chinese science fiction blockbuster The Wandering Earth by looking at three levels of (im)mobility: from the planet’s surface to the subsurface, above the surface, and the planet itself. It argues that mobility and immobility in the film always go hand in hand, and that the...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/transtexts, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Transtext(e)s Transcultures
2023
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | The article examines the Chinese science fiction blockbuster The Wandering Earth by looking at three levels of (im)mobility: from the planet’s surface to the subsurface, above the surface, and the planet itself. It argues that mobility and immobility in the film always go hand in hand, and that the mobility of one group/stage/level is always accompanied by the immobility of another. While the film presents cosmopolitanism across national boundaries and includes the planet itself in the migration of humankind, it does not really take a full planetary turn, but rather stops midway. This article focuses on different forms of mobility of living organisms, resources, and energy at different levels, pointing out the film’s aestheticisation of transportation and technology-fetishism and emphasising the neglected immobility of marginalised groups, other species, and even the planet itself. |
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