Fixing Ground Zero: Race and Religion in Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend

Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend is a complex intertext of Matheson’s novel of the same name and its two previous film adaptations. While the film attempts to depict racism as monstrous, the frequent invocation of 9/11 imagery and Christian symbolism throughout the film recodes the vampiric dark-seeke...

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Published in:The journal of religion and film
Main Author: Heyes, Michael E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2017
In: The journal of religion and film
Further subjects:B Francis Lawrence I Am Legend The Omega Man Christianity Islam Islamophobia Crusades Bush 11 / 9 Vampires Monsters
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Summary:Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend is a complex intertext of Matheson’s novel of the same name and its two previous film adaptations. While the film attempts to depict racism as monstrous, the frequent invocation of 9/11 imagery and Christian symbolism throughout the film recodes the vampiric dark-seekers as radical Islamic terrorists. This serves to further enshrine an us/Christians vs. them/Muslim dichotomy present in post-9/11 America, a dichotomy that the film presents as “curable” through the spread of Christianity and the fall of Islam.
ISSN:1092-1311
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film