Disaster Du Jour #1: Earthquake (1974)
Posted on July 19th, 2012 | By: Bert Ehrmann
When I think of a stereotypical disaster movie a few things pop to mind; a cast of once bright stars but who’s stardom is on the wane, a possible disaster that’s top of mind and a certain way of storytelling where strands of seemingly independent stories come together during the disaster.
One of the early disaster films that would make this type of storytelling “stereotypical” is the movie Earthquake (1974).
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