If there were no such thing as
disasters, they would have been created by the movies. No other medium—not fine
art, not the theater, not even literature—can capture both the spectacle and
the personal horror of a disaster the way a movie can. The huge, ever-changing
canvas of the movie screen gives the audience a vicarious sense of danger and
tragedy on a massive scale, whether by a volcano burying a city in ashes
(The Last Days of Pompeii, 1935), an earthquake destroying Los Angeles
(Earthquake, 1974), or a fire consuming a high-rise building (Towering Inferno,
1974). At the same time, in the hands of a skilled writer and director, a
disaster film can also capture the human side of what otherwise might be a numbing
experience.
With the aid of special effects,
Hollywood has been ableto recreate the sinking of the Titanic, the burning
of Chicago, and the destruction of San Francisco. Most disaster movies have a
moralistic element in them, at least in that some sort of corruption or hubris
usually leads to the disaster. But in the ever-hopeful endings of Hollywood’s
disaster movies, as in The Hurricane (1937), good
people always seem to survive to begin anew.
1. 1. whether
by a volcano burying a city in ashes (The Last Days of Pompeii, 1935).
The word burying in this sentences
is consist of the word bury with –ing which is did not
change the function of v-ing.
2. 2. At the
same time, in the hands of a skilled writer and director, a disaster film can
also capture the human side of what otherwise might be a numbing experience.
The word numbing in this sentences
is consist of the word numb with –ing which is explain into an
adjectives form.
3. 3. With the
aid of special effects, Hollywood has been able to
recreate the sinking of the Titanic, the burning of Chicago, and the
destruction of San Francisco.
The word sinking in this sentences
which is consist of the word sink (n) become verb with –ing
form.
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