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Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
by Anne Washburn
Jenny recounts a chilling story told to her by a man who attempted to return to a nuclear power plant after the grid collapsed. She describes his vivid, terrifying premonition of finding the reactors cold and dead, illustrating the psychological weight of the apocalypse and the paralyzing nature of uncertainty.
2012
by Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
A conspiracy theorist and radio host explains his apocalyptic predictions to a skeptical father. Charlie details the science behind the impending 2012 cataclysm and claims the government is secretly building 'spaceships' for the elite.
Apocalypse Now
by John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola
Captain Willard is summoned to a clandestine meeting where he is briefed on a top-secret mission to assassinate a rogue Colonel. The scene establishes the moral ambiguity of the Vietnam War and the psychological toll it has taken on the soldiers involved.
