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).
Click here to continue reading this first Disaster Du Jour column on the movie Earthquake.
