"Each night is darker - Beyond darkness": The environmental and spiritual apocalypse of the Road (2009)

Journal of Film and Video

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 42-58

  McSweeney, Terence ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84894372214     PISSN: 07424671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/jfilmvideo.65.4.0042     Document Type: Article

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