{"id":36163,"date":"2021-06-26T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=36163"},"modified":"2022-06-26T08:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T12:40:54","slug":"its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the End of the World as We Know It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/23\/christmas-lotsa-wavy-hair-liberace\/movie-matinee-header\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"movie-matinee-header\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5696 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Movie Matinee\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/delugeimagequalityupgrade\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Long before the overstuffed, CGI abominations such as <em>The Day After Tomorrow<\/em> and <em>Man of Steel<\/em> which I refer to as <em>disaster porn<\/em> and four decades before the disaster cycle of films of the &#8217;70s such as <em>The Towering Inferno<\/em> and <em>Earthquake<\/em> there was the end of the world opus <em>Deluge.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/civilization-crumbles\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36176\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/civilization-crumbles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/civilization-crumbles.jpg?fit=1002%2C727&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1002,727\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"civilization-crumbles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/civilization-crumbles.jpg?fit=640%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36176\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/civilization-crumbles.jpg?resize=640%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The city crumbles\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/civilization-crumbles.jpg?w=1002&amp;ssl=1 1002w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/civilization-crumbles.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/civilization-crumbles.jpg?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/deluge_poster\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/deluge_poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Deluge_poster.jpg?fit=226%2C441&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"226,441\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deluge_poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Deluge_poster.jpg?fit=226%2C441&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Deluge_poster.jpg?resize=226%2C441&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Deluge_poster.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Deluge_poster.jpg?resize=154%2C300&amp;ssl=1 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>The movie starts with concerned scientists collecting data and not liking the looks of that data. Something bad is going to happen. No real reason is given. It&#8217;s just going to be bad. <em>Real bad.<\/em> Biblical bad. End of the world bad. At which point the filmmakers end the world in a series of very ambitious and spectacular special effect sequences that bankrupted the production company according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023938\/trivia\/?ref_=tt_trv_trv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDB<\/a>. From there, the movie follows the survivors as they scavenge for food, fight marauders and try to rebuild civilization. It&#8217;s sort of like <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> without the zombies.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I noticed while watching this movie is that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/pre-code.com\/what-is-pre-code-hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pre-Code<\/em><\/a>. It came out before the strict guidelines for film content laid down by the <em>Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America<\/em> starting in 1934. The movie doesn&#8217;t really show anything explicit although the disaster sequences are nightmarish. It&#8217;s fairly violent and a lot is implied such as sex outside of marriage and rape. The world has ended and law and order is gone so I think the filmmakers ran with that idea rather than candy coating their story. The collapse of society is not kid friendly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36169\" style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/peggy-shannon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-36169\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36169\" data-attachment-id=\"36169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/peggy-shannon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Peggy-Shannon.jpg?fit=998%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"998,728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peggy-Shannon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Peggy-Shannon.jpg?fit=640%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-36169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Peggy-Shannon.jpg?resize=640%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peggy Shannon\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Peggy-Shannon.jpg?w=998&amp;ssl=1 998w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Peggy-Shannon.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Peggy-Shannon.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peggy Shannon plays Deluge survivor and world class swimmer who swims away from a bad situation and washes up semi-nude into the arms of Sydney Blackmer. Although nothing is really shown, this would be a no-no when the Hollywood production code kicks in.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although I have spent an inordinate amount of time watching and reading about movies, I have to admit that I have never heard of <em>Deluge<\/em>. I found this 1933 opus by accident, and I was glad I did. My ignorance may be due to the fact that it was considered a lost film. In recent years a dubbed Italian version was uncovered and more recently an excellent English print was discovered in the French National Archive. I watched it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pubdhub.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pub-D-Hub<\/a> channel on my <em>Roku<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <em>Deluge<\/em> for yourself. I have embedded it above for your perusal. If that doesn&#8217;t work, head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/delugeimagequalityupgrade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Internet Archive<\/em><\/a> where you can view or download it there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before the overstuffed, CGI abominations such as The Day After Tomorrow and Man of Steel which I refer to as disaster porn and four decades before the disaster cycle of films of the &#8217;70s such as The Towering Inferno &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/26\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3456,5084],"tags":[5093,673,583,403,1046,196,5095,5092,568,5096,5094],"class_list":["post-36163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weird-world-of-the-roku","category-whats-on-tv","tag-5093","tag-disaster","tag-hollywood","tag-internet-archive","tag-matinee","tag-movie","tag-peggy-shannon","tag-pre-code","tag-pub-d-hub","tag-special-effects","tag-sydney-blackmer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9ph","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":699,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/11\/18\/dating-disaster-sketches\/","url_meta":{"origin":36163,"position":0},"title":"Dating Disaster Sketches","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sketches seem to be fairly popular (well, I like them) so I'm putting a couple more up today. 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